Preparation for a Tryst

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Sejnu, Mandi school

• Provenance

  To 1932

  Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston. [1]

  From 1932

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Female Imagery in Indian Painting (February 9 to August 5, 1996)

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

  The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)

  Hindu and Buddhist Art (April 1, 1982 to July 18, 1983)

  Bicentennial Exhibition: Near Eastern and Indian Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)

• Origin

  Mandi, Himachal Pradesh state, Punjab Hills, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1900s

• Name

  Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.

• Place

  Punjab Hills, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Bathing, Lotus, Woman

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings