The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Gwalior. Urwai
1890
(Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)
Image: 20.6 x 26.6 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 20.6 x 26.6 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
These sculptures depict Jinas, who are venerated by followers of the Jain religion of India, one of the oldest religions in the world.Description
The sculptures were carved into the steep sides of the cliffs below Gwalior’s fort in the mid-1400s, but the faces were re-cut after the images were defaced in 1527. The tiny visitors depicted on the road emphasize theirmonumental scale. The colors in this image are imagined, added later in the studio in a lithographic printing process that produces colorized ink-on-paper prints from black-and-white photographic negatives.
- ?–2018Bruno Tartarin, Photovintagefrance, Lorraine, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of ArtSeptember 4, 2018–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Text and Image in Southern Asia (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.218