Portrait of a Seated Man with a Water Pipe
18th century
Description
This drawing is executed with minimal means. It depicts a lightly bearded man in profile, facing to the right. He is seated and holds to his mouth the pipe of a hookah (which is not included in the drawing).
Dimensions
16.8 x 11.4 cm (6 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Provenance
This object is part of a group of Indian drawings and paintings that were purchased by Norman Hurst in 2004. They had been purchased as a group by an American couple from the art dealer H.C. Mehra at the Great Eastern Hotel in Calcutta in 1953. The collection was next in the possession of a small Massachusetts museum from the late 1960s until 2004.
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