Studies of grotesque heads

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Kishangarh school

• Inscriptions

  Verso: Usman Khan 1973

• Provenance

  To 2008

  Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008)

  2011

  Sale, London, Sotheby’s, “The Stuart Cary Welch Collection,” May 31, 2011, lot no. 147A: “Two Studies, North India, 20th Century”

  From 2011 to 2018

  Catherin Glynn Benkaim, purchased at auction, Sotheby’s, London, “The Stuart Cary Welch Collection,” May 31, 2011, lot no. 147A: “Two Studies, North India, 20th Century” [1]

  From 2018

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

  Notes:

  [1] According to information from Catherin Glynn Benkaim.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

  Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008)

• Origin

  Kishangarh, 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

  Drawing

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1990s, 1740s

• Name

  Benkaim, Catherine Glynn, Welch, Stuart Cary

• Place

  Rajasthan state, Kishangarh, India

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Drawings