Backdrop for a Pabuji performance (Pabuji ka Phad)

Object Details

• Provenance

  Ca. 1920-?

  Ownership information unknown

  ?-1987

  Mrs. Jean Joyce (1910/1-1999), method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Jean Joyce [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See “Incoming Receipt,” dated November 18, 1987, copy in object file. The object was transferred from Mrs. Jean Joyce to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery for acquisition consideration on November 18, 1987.

  Mrs. Jean Joyce was an official for the US Department of State. She resided in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC.

  [2] See Arthur M. Sackler, “Acquisition Consideration Form,” approved ca. December 23, 1987, copy in object file.

  See also “Deed of Gift to the Arthur M. Sacker Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution,” dated December 32, 1987, copy in object file.

  Research updated June 28, 2023

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Jean Joyce (1910/1-1999)

• Origin

  Rajasthan state, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Jean Joyce

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1910s, 1930s

• Name

  Joyce, Jean

• Place

  Rajasthan state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Puppets, Painting (image-making)

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings