id:			314507
accession number:	2018.201
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.201
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:00.210000

Diagrams of the Universe: The Two-and-a-Half Continents, the Universe in the Shape of a Person, and the Seven Levels of Hell, 1613. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cloth; 83.8 x 155 cm (33 x 61 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.201

title:				Diagrams of the Universe: The Two-and-a-Half Continents, the Universe in the Shape of a Person, and the Seven Levels of Hell
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creation date:			1613
creation date earliest:		1613
creation date latest:		1613
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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:	Western India, Gujarat
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cloth
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: 83.8 x 155 cm (33 x 61 in.)
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	inscription:	saṃvat 1670
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-11-07T05:00:00
	<i>Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2019-April 5, 2020).

	title:		Comparative Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds
	opening date:   2023-02-28T05:00:00
	<i>Comparative Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds</i>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 28-May 7, 2023) https://asiasociety.org/new-york/exhibitions/comparative-hell-arts-asian-underworlds; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (June 16-September 18, 2023).

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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Proser, Adriana G. <em>Comparative Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds.</em> New York: Asia Society Museum; Milan: Officina Libraria, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 93, no. 4
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	Ellcock, Stephen. The Cosmic Dance: Finding Patterns and Pathways in a Chaotic Universe. New York, New York : Thames &amp; Hudson, 2022.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 188
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