id:			164455
accession number:	2005.76
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.76
updated:		2022-02-09 20:58:46.050000

Krishna with Cow 2, mid-1900s. Jamini Roy (Indian, 1887-1972). Tempera on board; overall: 31.4 x 43.3 cm (12 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Pamela Elizabeth Ward in loving memory of her parents, William E. and Evelyn Svec Ward 2005.76

title:				Krishna with Cow 2
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series:				
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creation date:			mid-1900s
creation date earliest:		1907
creation date latest:		1972
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creditline:			Gift of Pamela Elizabeth Ward in loving memory of her parents, William E. and Evelyn Svec Ward
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culture:	Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
technique:	Tempera on board
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Jamini Roy (Indian, 1887-1972)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 31.4 x 43.3 cm (12 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	The artist signed his name in Bengali script in the lower right.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-09-01T04:00:00
	<i>Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 6, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	William E. Ward [1922-2004] and Ellen Svec Ward [1921-1989], Solon, OH, to their daughter Pamela Elizabeth Ward
	date: ?-2004
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	Pamela Elizabeth Ward given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2004-2005
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2005-
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fun fact: 
The artist signed his name in Bengali script in the lower right.

digital description: 
Inspired by the bold style of Kalighat paintings, Jamini Roy created paintings using indigenous materials, often with multiple versions of the same subject. Here the infant Krishna crawls with a butter ball in one hand. The cow, flowers, and leaves set the rural bucolic environment of his youth.

wall description: 
Inspired by the bold style of Kalighat paintings, Jamini Roy created paintings using natural pigments and materials derived from the local environment, often with multiple versions of the same subject. Here, the infant Krishna crawls with a ball of butter in one hand. Lovingly ornamented with jewelry and painted motifs, the cow looks forward with wide eyes, as though fully absorbing the vision of the divine baby and encouraging the viewer to identify with her and feel how it was to live with Krishna. Flowers and leaves dot the background—the rural environment of his youth—and they seem to fall gently from heaven, implying the favor of the gods.
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