id:			113026
accession number:	1932.118
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.118
updated:		2025-04-08 11:06:59.597000

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

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-02-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-August 18, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-02-20T00:00:00'}

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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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