Model drawings of three women with pricked outlines
DrawingsIndian

Model drawings of three women with pricked outlines

19th century

Description

The subject of this working sketch--a nayika being bathed by an attendant--was a popular subject in Northern India. In addition to the two central figures, another faintly drawn figure stands near the left margin. The edges of all three figures are outlined with pinpricks, indicating that they were reproduced by pouncing. The setting for the figures is suggested by the outline of a building at left and a tree tops peeking over a garden wall.

Classification
Drawings
Medium
Ink and charcoal on paper
Culture
Indian
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Provenance

[H.C. Mehra], Calcutta (November 16, 1953); purchase by L.C. and P. Wyman, American couple; gift to Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden Street, Duxbury (1960s); purchase by Kathy Burton Jones [Norman Hurst], Hurst Gallery, 53 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge (2004); gift to Harvard Art Museum (2009).

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