id: 130218
accession number: 1952.587
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Shiva and Devi on Gajasura's Hide, c. 1675–80. India, Pahari Hills, Basohli school, 17th century. Gum tempera and silver on paper; image: 23.5 x 16.2 cm (9 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.); with mat: 35.5 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1952.587
title: Shiva and Devi on Gajasura's Hide
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creation date: c. 1675–80
creation date earliest: 1670
creation date latest: 1685
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creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture: India, Pahari Hills, Basohli school, 17th century
technique: Gum tempera and silver on paper
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Painting
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measurements: Image: 23.5 x 16.2 cm (9 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.); with mat: 35.5 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Rajput Painting
opening date: 1960-11-30T05:00:00
Rajput Painting. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 22, 1961).
title: Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1998-02-21T00:00:00
Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).
title: Yoga: The Art of Transformation
opening date: 2013-10-19T04:00:00
Yoga: The Art of Transformation. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 21-May 25, 2014); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 22-September 7, 2014).
title: Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
opening date: 2019-04-01T04:00:00
Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Rajput Painting. Asia House, New York, NY (December 3, 1960-January 22, 1961).', 'opening_date': '1960-12-03T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-02-04T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1952
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1952–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. "A Rajput Miniature from Basohli." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 40, no. 3 (1953): 50–51.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 50–51; Reproduced: p. 46
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141867
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 772
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n138
Sickman, L. C. S. Masterpieces of Asian Art in American Collections. New York: Asia Society, 1960.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 31c, p. 64
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Lee, Sherman E. and George Montgomery. Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes. New York: Asia House, 1960.
page number: Reproduced: p. 61; plate 58
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 239
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n263
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 238
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n262
Dwivedi, Vinod P. "A Rasamanjari Painting from Basohli." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 56, no. 7 (1969): 262–268.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 4, p. 266
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152284
Archer, W. G. Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills; A Survey and History of Pahari Miniature Painting. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1973.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: vol. 1, p. 41; vol. 2, p. 25, no. 7
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 307
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n327
Kramrisch, Stella. Manifestations of Shiva. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. P-26, pp. 188–189
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Heeramaneck, Alice N. Masterpieces of Indian Painting: From the Former Collections of Nasli M. Heeramaneck. Verona, Italy: A.N. Heeramaneck, 1984.
page number: Mentioned: p. 95; Reproduced: color plate 87, p. 103
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Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 104
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Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 32, cat. no. 11
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Goswamy, B. N. The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works, 1100-1900. NY: Thames & Hudson, 2016.
page number: Mentioned: p. 208-211; Reproduced: p. 208, 210
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IMAGES
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