id:			162451
accession number:	2003.114
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.114
updated:		2025-02-09 05:48:28.418000

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto); Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper; Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera; secondary support: 48.5 x 29.9 cm (19 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.114

title:				Leaf from a Kalighat album: Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto); Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso)
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creation date:			c. 1890
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1905
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creditline:			Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
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culture:	Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
technique:	Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper; Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Secondary Support: 48.5 x 29.9 cm (19 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Indian Kalighat Paintings</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 1-September 18, 2011). (2003.114.a only)', 'opening_date': '2011-05-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	William E. Ward [1922–2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–2003
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2003–
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