id:			314365
accession number:	2018.114
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.114
updated:		2022-01-13 10:05:36.197000

The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika, c. 1760–65. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Chamba. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 26.3 x 17.8 cm (10 3/8 x 7 in.); image: 25.2 x 16.6 cm (9 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.114

title:				The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika
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creation date:			c. 1760–65
creation date earliest:		1750
creation date latest:		1775
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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 Chamba
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 26.3 x 17.8 cm (10 3/8 x 7 in.); Image: 25.2 x 16.6 cm (9 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
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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

	(Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Ralph and Catherine Glynn Benkaim)
	date: ?-1984
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	Ralph Benkaim [1914-2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA
	date: 1984-2001
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2001-2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018-
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fun fact: 
The wildlife has been depicted in pairs of two to highlight the Nayika’s loneliness.

digital description: 
In the hilly and verdant landscape all around her, birds and animals are all in pairs—even many of the trees have doubles—but she remains alone, waiting on a bed of leaves for her lover to arrive. She has no way of knowing when he will come, like the devotee has no way to know when god will arrive and bring salvation and bliss.

wall description: 
In the hilly and verdant landscape all around her, birds and animals are all in pairs—even many of the trees have doubles—but she remains alone, waiting on a bed of leaves for her lover to arrive. She has no way of knowing when he will come, like the devotee has no way to know when god will arrive and bring salvation and bliss.
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.114/2018.114_print.jpg
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