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.
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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