Krisna and Radha: folio from a Rasikapriya

Object Details

• Court

  Malwa Court

• School/Tradition

  Central Indian school

• Provenance

  At least 1934-1935

  Heeramaneck Galleries (active 1928-1964), New York, NY, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 1935

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Heeramaneck Galleries [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See object file for copy of Heeramaneck Galleries invoice to Freer Gallery of Art, dated February 1, 1935 (stamped as received on December 28, 1934), and marked approved on February 2, 1935. Object is described as, “Rajput painting: Krishna making advances to Radha, while gopis (herd-girls) turn their heads away in embarrassment.”

  Heeramaneck Galleries in New York, NY owned and operated by Nasli M. (1902-1971) and Alice N. Heeramaneck (née Arvine) (1910-1993). The Heeramaneck’s were dealers and collectors of Pre-Columbian and Asian art. Nasli Heeramaneck began his career as a dealer in Paris during the 1920s and relocated to New York, NY in 1927. In 1939, Nasli married Alice Arvine, an American portrait painter from New Haven, CT. Nasli founded Heeramaneck Galleries in New York, NY by 1928. He began to retire in 1964 and liquidated some of the gallery’s stock at auction at Parke-Barnet, New York in 1964 and 1965. Many objects from the Heeramaneck collection were either purchased or donated to American museums. Items from their collection may be found in The British Museum; the Cleveland Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Museum of New Delhi; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; and Yale University.

  [2] See note 1.

  Research updated November 1, 2023

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

  Hindu and Buddhist Art (January 28, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

  Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  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

  Heeramaneck Galleries (active 1928-1964)

• Origin

  Madhya Pradesh state, Malwa, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1650s

• Name

  Heeramaneck Galleries

• Place

  Madhya Pradesh state, Malwa, India

• Topic

  Lovers, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Krishna, Rasikapriya, Radha

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings