Courtesan

估價

7,000 - 9,000 USD

招標截止

描述

Courtesan
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image 9 3/4 by 6 3/8 in. (24.7 by 16.2 cm)
folio 10 1/2 by 6 7/8 in. (26.6 by 17.5 cm) unframed

For an earlier, almost identical painting of the same subject, see B. N. Goswamy, The Essence of Indian Art, San Francisco, 1986, cat 36, p. 68.

來源

Acquired 1970s

拍品資料及來源

A voluptuous beauty is pictured here, adorned in sumptuous ornaments, her body curved in an exaggerated arch, her richly patterened red ghagra contrasting vividly with the bright yellow background. In the words of B. N. Goswamy, she embodies, "young passionate beauty... suffused with the longing for love."

For an earlier, almost identical painting of the same subject, see B. N. Goswamy, The Essence of Indian Art, San Francisco, 1986, cat 36, p. 68.