Before Rama and Lakshmana, Sugriva grieves for the death of Bali, folio from a Ramayana

Malwa school Rama and Lakshmana kneel on a striped dhuri, against a red background. On the right Sugriva and a monkey attendant emerge from a grove of palm trees. Sugriva kneels, head down and arms outstretched. Verso: sugriva ne preeti tilya ramju ski jo tuma ek van so saton tad bhedo to vali mari Samarth ho In a different hand: yeh pano pachpan ko (this is the fifty-fifth leaf) Sugriva learned from Rama how to kill Bali with one arrow and how to kill seven with one arrow- Rama says if you kill seven with one arrow then you can kill Bali …trans: Shagufta Parekh Devanagari numbers: 55 To 1979 Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008), Warner, New Hampshire, Cambridge, Massachusetts [1] Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, New York [2] From 1979 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, New York in May 1979 [3] From 2001 to 2008 Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim after his death in 2001 From 2018 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [4] Notes: [1] It is unknown when Stuart Cary Welch purchased this painting. [2] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [3] See note 1. [4] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008) Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd. Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim