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Dhanasri Ragini

Bundi or Raghogarh school To 1971 Chhote Bharany, New Delhi [1] From 1971 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Chhote Bharany, New Delhi in December 1971 From 2001 to 2018 Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001 From 2018 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim Notes: [1] All of the Benkaim Bharany paintings were bought in the United States, according to Catherine Glynn Benkaim May 23-24, 2016, who further notes that the dealer Chhote Bharany had two children who went to school in California and he had relatives in NYC. Gurshuran Sidhu reported that Bharany took all of his paintings out of India before the Emergency (most probably in 1969) and kept them with William Wolff in New York. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Chhote Bharany (New Dehli, India) Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim
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Collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
ca. 1680
Dates
ca. 1680
Format
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Pages
H x W (painting): 23.5 × 18.4 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in) H x W (overall): 31.2 × 24.5 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/8 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S2018.1.32
Rights
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/a3ebb1a93ac3ed3780ac00c41ce8ae14

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