Dhanasri Ragini

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Bundi or Raghogarh school

• Provenance

  To 1971

  Chhote Bharany, New Delhi [1]

  From 1971 to 2001

  Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Chhote Bharany, New Delhi in December 1971

  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] All of the Benkaim Bharany paintings were bought in the United States, according to Catherine Glynn Benkaim May 23-24, 2016, who further notes that the dealer Chhote Bharany had two children who went to school in California and he had relatives in NYC. Gurshuran Sidhu reported that Bharany took all of his paintings out of India before the Emergency (most probably in 1969) and kept them with William Wolff in New York.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Chhote Bharany (New Dehli, India)

  Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

• Origin

  Bundi or Raghogarh, Rajasthan state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1680s, 1670s

• Name

  Bharany, Chhote, Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine, Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

• Place

  Bundi, Rajasthan state, Raghogarh, India

• Topic

  Pavilion, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Portraits, Ragamala, Woman

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings