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Leaf from a Kalighat album: Woman Playing Music (recto); Krishna Stroking Radha's Feet (verso)

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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Medium
Gum tempera, graphite, and ink on paper
Measurements
Secondary Support: 47.7 x 29.1 cm (18 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.133
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Print
Two vertically oriented tempera and ink paintings on paper depict distinct scenes. On the left, a woman with medium skin tone in a green blouse and red sari sits playing a stringed instrument near two drums. On the right, beneath a tree with blue leaves, dark-skinned Krishna sits on the ground, leaning toward the feet of Radha. Radha, a woman with medium skin tone, sits on a yellow chair wearing a striped red sari.

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Woman Playing Music (recto); Krishna Stroking Radha's Feet (verso)

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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