id:			113026
accession number:	1932.118
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.118
updated:		2023-08-29 11:33:49.300000

The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover (Utka Nayika), c. 1800. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra. Gum tempera on and paper; image: 16 x 10.2 cm (6 5/16 x 4 in.); overall: 23.8 x 14.8 cm (9 3/8 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.118

title:				The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover (Utka Nayika)
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creation date:			c. 1800
creation date earliest:		1795
creation date latest:		1805
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra
technique:	Gum tempera on and paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 16 x 10.2 cm (6 5/16 x 4 in.); Overall: 23.8 x 14.8 cm (9 3/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India
	opening date:   1947-04-01T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1-June 2, 1947).

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures
	opening date:   1952-07-15T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 28, 1952).

	title:		Wooster College Exhibition
	opening date:   1970-04-05T05:00:00
	<i>Wooster College Exhibition</i>. The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH (organizer) (April 5-27, 1970).

	title:		Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003).

* <em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-August 18, 2004).

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1932
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1932-
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wall description:
Inspired by devotional poetry that likens the waiting for divine favor to that of a woman alone in the forest waiting for her lover, Pahari painters mastered portrayals of this subject. Darkness has fallen, but the moon and stars and jasmine flowers brighten the night. However, monsoon clouds approach in the distance, suggesting impending danger and misery. Her gesture and expression suggest a mixture of hope and heightened uncertainty about how much longer she should continue to wait.
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