A forlorn lover, fragment from a Rasamanjari

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to the workshop of Golu, son of Devidasa

• Court

  Nurpur school

• Provenance

  To 1947

  Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947), Colombo, Sri Lanka, London, England, and Needham, Massachusetts. [1]

  From 1947 to 1972

  Rama Coomaraswamy (1929-2006), Greenwich, Connecticut, ownership transferred after the death of his father, Ananda Coomaraswamy. [2]

  From 1972 to 2001

  Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Rama Coomaraswamy in May 1972. [3]

  From 2001 to 2018

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [4]

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [5]

  Notes:

  [1] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

  [4] See note 1.

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

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Masters of Indian Painting (April 28, 2011 to January 8, 2012)

  A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections (April 12, 1973 to November 11, 1973)

  Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections (March 4 to March 31, 1968)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)

  Rama Coomaraswamy (1929-2006)

  Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

• Origin

  Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1720s

• Name

  Coomaraswamy, Ananda K., Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine, Benkaim, Catherine Glynn, Coomaraswamy, Rama

• Place

  Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Woman

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings