id:			162453
accession number:	2003.114.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.114.b
updated:		2024-04-18 11:02:06.422000

Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album, c. 1890. Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s). Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera; secondary support: 29.9 x 48.5 cm (11 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.); painting only: 28.3 x 42.7 cm (11 1/8 x 16 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.114.b

title:				Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album
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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:	Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s)  - artist

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measurements: Secondary Support: 29.9 x 48.5 cm (11 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.); Painting only: 28.3 x 42.7 cm (11 1/8 x 16 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

	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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