cover image: A summer month, possibly Vaisakh, folio from a Barahmasa series

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A summer month, possibly Vaisakh, folio from a Barahmasa series

Bundi or Kota school To 1967 Nowlakah, Calcutta [1] From 1967 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Nowlakah, Calcutta in December 1967 [2] 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 [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Nowlakah, a dealer based in Calcutta, in December 1967, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [2] See note 1. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Nowlakah Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim
india art woman landscape south asians summer landscapes catherine and ralph benkaim collection benkaim, ralph and catherine south asian and himalayan art himalayan peoples benkaim, catherine glynn yogini nowlakah
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
ca. 1750
Dates
ca. 1750
Format
Opaque watercolor on paper
Pages
H x W (overall): 28 × 17.8 cm (11 × 7 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S2018.1.33
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/c1f702b6a00ae383f11734be59dbfd41

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