ATTRIBUTED TO CHOKHA, DEVGARH, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1820

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A FEMALE DEVOTEE APPROACHING A LINGA SHRINE
ATTRIBUTED TO CHOKHA, DEVGARH, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, margins cropped, the reverse with incription in blue pen, in plain card mount
Painting 8 x 5 3⁄4in. (20.4 x 14.5cm.)

來源

William Brown and Paul Wonner, California, by 1976, sold in 1993 to
Barbara Janeff, San Francisco, sold 2014
Bonhams, New York, 17 September 2014, lot 114
Nancy Wiener, New York

出版

Robert J. Del Bontà, Divine Visions Worldly Lovers: Highlighting Indian Paintings from the Collection of Barbara Janeff, San Francisco, 2007, p. 37 no. 16
Pratapaditya Pal, The Flute and the Brush, Indian Paintings from the William Theo Brown and Paul Wonner Collection, Newport Beach, 1976, no. 17

展覽

Arizona State University, Tempe Arizona March 14 - April 18, 1967;
The Flute and the Brush, Indian Paintings from the William Theo Brown and Paul Wonner Collection, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, Jan. 20 - Feb. 20, 1976;
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 10-July 25, 1976;
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, October 3 - November 7, 1976;
The Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, November 16 - December 19, 1976;
de Saisset Art Gallery & Museum, The University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA, January 7 - February 13, 1977.
Divine Visions Worldly Lovers: Highlighting Indian Paintings from the Collection of Barbara Janeff: Bolinas Museum, September 22 - November 11, 2007; Mills College Art Museum, June 18 - August 3, 2008;

注意事項

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

榮譽呈獻

Barney Bartlett Junior Specialist

bbartlett@christies.com +44 (0) 791 769 5730

拍品專文

Although there is no identifying description on the reverse, this painting has been attributed to the artist Chokha, active between 1799 and 1826. It is a fine example of the heavy shading, large sleepy eyes, and complex composition that are distinctive characteristics of the artist. These traits can be observed in ‘Wild Horses’ which is attributed to Chokha and housed in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard (Milo Beach, Bagta and Chokha, Zurich, 2005, p.84, fig.100) and ‘Maharaja Bhim Singh reviewing the kill after a boar hunt’ from the Sidhu Collection (ibid., p.92, no.110).
Born and trained in Udaipur, Chokha’s earlier work reflects the prevailing atelier style of the Mewari court. From 1811 the artist painted in Devgarh, working with and taking over from his father Bagta, at the court of Rawat Gokul Das II (r.1786-1821). Adopting many of his father’s motifs, it was in Devgarh that Chokha became more original in his work, developing his characteristic style seen here.
The present lot depicts a female devotee approaching a linga shrine set amidst a dark and dense forest, a lamp on her tray of offerings emitting brilliant golden beams which cut through the gloom. Curiously, looking above the forest canopy towards the hills it appears to be light. This nocturnal scene is highly comparable to another depiction of a female devotee visiting a shrine painted by Kavala, the brother of Chokha, which was sold at Bonhams, New York, 19 March 2012, lot 1210. The familial style is evident in both yet, whilst our devotee walks from left to right, Kavala’s travels in the opposite direction.

ATTRIBUTED TO CHOKHA, DEVGARH, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1820

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