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Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
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Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890
Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s) visual detail
ArtistShri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s)
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Medium
Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera
Dimensions
Secondary Support: 29.9 x 48.5 cm (11 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.); Painting only: 28.3 x 42.7 cm (11 1/8 x 16 13/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
Indian Art
Origin
Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
Institution
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward

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Provenance

Public
?–2003

William E. Ward [1922–2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

2003–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

William E. Ward [1922–2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public
Imagining Rama’s Journey

Source exhibition text

Imagining Rama’s Journey. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

This hastily hand-colored woodcut depicts a set of ten avatars, or incarnations, of the Hindu god Vishnu as recognized in 1800s Bengal. In each avatar, Vishnu descended to earth in order restore balance and order to the world. In the top register, from left to right, are Vishnu’s avatars as fish, tortoise, boar, man-lion, and Brahmin. Below are Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, Jagannath, and Kalki. The image of Rama shows him after his victory over the demon Ravana. He sits with Sita, crowned, holding bow and arrow. His monkey general Hanuman stands before him in a gesture of adoration.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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