Portrait of Tilakayat Govardhanlalji

Object Details

• Artist

  Ghasiram Hardev Sharma (1868-1930)

• Provenance

  From 1970s

  Private collection. [1]

  To 2003

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, New York. [2]

  From 2003

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, New York. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] According to information from the dealer, the drawing has been in a private collection since the 1970s. See the Curatorial Justification, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [3] See note 2.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Facing East: Portraits from Asia (July 1 to September 4, 2006)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd. (active 1990-2013)

• Origin

  Nathadwara, Rajasthan state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds

• Type

  Drawing

• Restrictions and Rights

  Usage Conditions Apply

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1900s, 1890s

• Name

  McInerney, Terence

• Place

  Rajasthan state, Nathadwara, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Portraits

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Drawings