id:			314235
accession number:	2018.103
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.103
updated:		2025-05-06 12:06:32.092000

The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika, c. 1750–55. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Guler. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 24.8 x 18.7 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.); miniature: 21 x 15.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.103

title:				The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika
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creation date:			c. 1750–55
creation date earliest:		1740
creation date latest:		1765
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Guler
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 24.8 x 18.7 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.); Miniature: 21 x 15.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Verso: light drawing in brown ink of a standing lady; traces of part of a purple stamp with the word "Bikaner" visible.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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