Medium:

Opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 17.5 × 17.7 cm (6 7/8 × 7 in)

H x W (sheet): 21.3 × 20.7 cm (8 3/8 × 8 1/8 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh state, India

Date:

ca. 1690

School/Tradition:

Nurpur school

Provenance:

Prior to 1960s

Mandi Royal Collection

From ca. 1980s

Unknown German dealer [1]

To 2003

Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, New York [2]

From 2003 to 2017

Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, New York in March 2003 [3]

From 2017

Freer Gallery of Art, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [4]

Notes:

[1] According to conversation with Catherine Glynn Benkaim from June 14, 2016, Ms. Benkaim mentioned that this folio and numerous others from the series were with a German dealer in the 1980s.

[2] Catherine Glynn Benkaim purchased this painting from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd. in March 2003.

[3] See note 2.

[4] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

Previous custodian or owner:

Mandi Royal Collection

Unknown

Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd.

Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

Catherine Glynn Benkaim

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Credit Line:

Purchase from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F2017.13.3

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye39b3362f7-cec6-46cd-9c1e-3b1b640af6c7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F2017.13.3