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Yasoda Churning Butter (verso), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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Medium
Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper
Measurements
Secondary Support: 48.2 x 29.6 cm (19 x 11 5/8 in.); Painting only: 45.6 x 28.6 cm (17 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.108.b
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Not on view
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Centered on aged paper, this vertically oriented gum tempera and graphite painting depicts a woman with yellow skin on our right. Dressed in a purple top, striped blue and green skirt, and red veil, she looks left, holding cords. To our left, a small child with dark-blue skin and a peacock feather reaches toward a large yellow pot beside a wooden frame. Behind them, a faint graphite sketch outlines a larger, ethereal figure.

Yasoda Churning Butter (verso), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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