Comparable Sales
Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ward
Museum
Juggler
c. 1840
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Provenance
Public?–1982
William E. Ward [1922–2004] and Ellen Svec Ward [1921–1989], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museu...
1982–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source provenance text
William E. Ward [1922–2004] and Ellen Svec Ward [1921–1989], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
Exhibitions
PublicSource exhibition text
The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983). Indian Gallery 242b Rotation – November 2017-April 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2017-April 16, 2018).
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
Sourced Overview Evidence
A page from a book of paintings that would have included images of various entertainments in India, this painting is rendered in a European style for British consumption. The label <em>Juggler</em> is written in a Victorian-era hand in the margin below. The main figure is seated on the ground with his knees drawn tightly up under his chin, reinforcing a Western stereotype that all Indian people can do physical feats with their bodies, like yogis. On display are his talents of manipulating balls on a two-stringed bow, called “juggling” by the British owner of the painting for lack of a better moniker. His performance was intended to create a spectacle for entertainment and income. This painting would have been made for sale too, in the new economy under British dominance in which Indian artists made documentary pictures for foreign overlords.
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
Evidence state
0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.
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