Vibhasa Ragini

Object Details

• Previous custodian or owner

  Private Collection

  James K. Ivory (born 1928)

  Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

• Provenance

  To 1964

  Private collection, Los Angeles [1]

  To at least 1966

  James K. Ivory, New York

  From 1966 to 2001

  Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased Ralph Benkaim in September 1966 purchased from James K. Ivory, New York [2]

  From 2001 to 2018

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001

  From 2018

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

  Notes:

  [1] The painting was exhibited as belonging to a private California collection in Indian Miniature Paintings from West Coast Private Collections, no. 40; De Young Museum, San Francisco, May 29-July19, 1964.

  [2] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

• Origin

  Bundi, Rajasthan 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

  1680s, 1670s

• Name

  Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine, Private Collection, Benkaim, Catherine Glynn, Ivory, James K.

• Place

  Bundi, Rajasthan state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Arrow, Peacock, Knife, Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Ragamala, Bow, Woman

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings