id:			146198
accession number:	1971.88
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.88
updated:		2025-02-09 03:36:40.012000

Grotesque Dancers Performing, c. 1600. Mughal India. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 16 x 9 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.88

title:				Grotesque Dancers Performing
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creation date:			c. 1600
creation date earliest:		1595
creation date latest:		1605
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Mughal India
technique:	gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 16 x 9 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Unrelated later Persian text on recto
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music
	opening date:   1996-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).

	title:		Dancing to the Flute: Music and Dance in Indian Art

	opening date:   1997-06-12T00:00:00
	<i>Dancing to the Flute: Music and Dance in Indian Art
</i>. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (organizer) (June 12-August 24, 1997).

	title:		Indian Gallery 242b Rotation – November 2016
	opening date:   2016-11-07T05:00:00
	<i>Indian Gallery 242b Rotation – November 2016</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2016-April 10, 2017).

	title:		Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art
	opening date:   2022-11-11T05:00:00
	<i>Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art</i>. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (November 11, 2022-February 5, 2023) https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/beyond-bollywood-2000-years-of-dance-in-art/; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (March 31-July 10, 2023) https://exhibitions.asianart.org/exhibitions/beyond-bollywood-2000-years-of-dance-in-art/.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Stevens
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	(John D. MacDonald, Manchester, NH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1971
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1971–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 32
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	Masselos, Jim, Jackie Menzies, Pratapaditya Pal, and Reis Wenger Flora. <em>Dancing to the Flute: Music and Dance in Indian Art</em>. Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1997.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 167 pp. 264-266
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	McGill, Forrest. <em>Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in the Arts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan Region.</em> San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 212–213, no. 89
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