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Krishna Reaching for the Moon

c. 1820

India, Pahari Hills, Guler school, 19th century

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

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Provenance

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

Citations

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

Exhibition history

Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003).

Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-August 18, 2004).

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India, Pahari Hills, Guler school, 19th century

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