id:			148360
accession number:	1975.73
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.73
updated:		2023-03-14 10:01:06.961000

Sugriva, c. 1720. Southern India, Andhra Pradhesh. Gum tempera, ink, and hand-colored silver paper appliqué on paper; page: 35.5 x 23.5 cm (14 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ward 1975.73

title:				Sugriva
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1720
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1720
current location:		242B Indian Painting
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ward
copyright:			

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culture:	Southern India, Andhra Pradhesh
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and hand-colored silver paper appliqué on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Page: 35.5 x 23.5 cm (14 x 9 1/4 in.)
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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	[[upper center, in French]] Sougrihoad
	translation:	
	remark:		

	inscription:	[[lower center, in Telegu]] sugrihuṃḍu
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1975
	opening date:   1976-02-03T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1975</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 3-March 7, 1976).

	title:		Imagining Rama's Journey (Indian Painting rotation)
	opening date:   2023-03-10T05:00:00
	<i>Imagining Rama's Journey (Indian Painting rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(R. E. Lewis, Inc., San Francisco, CA)
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	William E. Ward [1922–2004] and Ellen Svec Ward [1921–1989], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1975
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1975–
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fun fact:
Instead of gold, artists applied strips of paper, colored with a mixture of silver paint and an organic yellow pigment called gamboge.

digital description:
The seated monkey king Sugriva presents the “fear not” gesture with his right hand. He served as Rama’s faithful ally during the war against Ravana. This work appears to have been made for French Jesuit missionaries by South Indian temple muralists. During the 1700s, missionaries commissioned sets of paintings from which they learned about the gods and literary figures popular among the people of the region.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		161886
	Khadgaroma, Son of Ravana, c. 1720. Southern India, Andhra Pradesh. Gum tempera, ink, and hand-colored silver paper appliqué on paper; page: 39.7 x 27.6 cm (15 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2001.163
	relationship: 	

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 2 (1976): 31–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 71, no. 184
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152624

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Oriental Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 102, p. 248
	url:		

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IMAGES

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