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Krishna Reaching for the Moon

Krishna Reaching for the Moon

c. 1820
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Image: 24 x 16 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.); Overall: 26.5 x 18.7 cm (10 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.80
Location: not on view
  • O.C. [Ordhendra Coomar] Gangoly [1881-1974]
    ?-1971
    (John D. MacDonald, Cambridge, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1971-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Gangoly, O. C. Masterpieces of Rajput Painting, Selected, Annotated and Described in Relation to Original Hindi Texts from Religious Literature. Calcutta: [A.K. Gangoly] manager, "Rupam", 1926. Reproduced: pl. 37
    Khandalavala, Karl J. Pähari Miniature Painting. Bombay: New Book Company, 1958. no. 287
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 310 archive.org
    Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 117
    Swaranjali, Pallavi. "The Architect Inside Out: Reading the Barrel-Vaulted Ceiling of Balkrishna Doshi's Studio -- Sangath." In Ceilings and Dreams: The Architecture of Levity. Paul Emmons, Federica Goffi, and Jodi La Coe.Abingdon, eds., 222-233. Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. Mentioned: pp. 223-225; Reproduced: p. 224, fig. 19.1
  • Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-August 18, 2004).
    Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003).
  • {{cite web|title=Krishna Reaching for the Moon|url=false|author=|year=c. 1820|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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