TWO PAINTINGS AND A HAND-COLOURED PRINT OF HINDU DEITIES
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, late 19th and 20th century

Opaque pigments, pencil and ink heightened with gold on both lined and wove paper, comprising two vertical pre-Kalighat style compositions depicting two of the ten Mahavidyas, different aspects of the Supreme Female Deity Mahadevi, namely Bhuvaneshvari and Dhumavati, Goddess of Strife, Loneliness, and Unfulfilled Desires, each set within black rules and bright orange borders, the largest 35.5cm x 25.5cm; and a hand-coloured print with Krishna playing the flute flanked by two gopis, set within yellow and orange borders, 33cm x 25.2cm.

Provenance: Private German Collection.