1971.133: Lady Alone at Holi Festival
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1971.133
- Title
- Lady Alone at Holi Festival
- Classification
- Albums
- Work Type
- album folio
- Date
- c. 1780
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215669
Location
- Location
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Level 2, Room 2590, South Asian Art, South Asia in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Pahari School, Kangra Style
- Dimensions
- 19.21 x 12.7 cm (7 9/16 x 5 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
- Accession Year
- 1971
- Object Number
- 1971.133
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Standing inside a section of a charbagh (four gardens), is a young female figure. She wears a long white dress that has a translucent top. She wears a white headscarf that reveals the top of her head and her black hair. Both the dress and headscarf are covered in splashes of orange, pink, and yellow dyes, indicative of Holi festival celebrations, when these dyes mixed with water are sprayed or thrown to mark the arrival of spring. She plays a stringed musical instrument. She wears bracelets, earrings, and necklaces, including one with a large pendant. Behind her is a small pool of water and farther behind is a small gazebo-like structure. Figures can be seen in the distance participating in the festivities. A long white fabric fence gently billows on the right. There is a glimpse of another female figure, covered in colorful dye, walking behind the white fabric fence. In the background, a male figure accompanied by female courtiers, sprays orange dye at a female courtier. Pahari School, Kangra Style.
Publication History
- Stuart Cary Welch and Milo Cleveland Beach, Gods, Thrones, and Peacocks Northern Indian Painting from Two Traditions, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1965), page 90/figure 50
Exhibition History
- Ambassador's Choice: The Galbraith Collection of Indian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/1986 - 04/06/1986
- Gods, Thrones, and Peacocks - Revisited: Northern Indian Miniatures from two Traditions, Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/31/1990 - 06/10/1990
- Hot as Curry - Subtle as Moonlight: Masterpieces of Rajput Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/02/1991 - 12/20/1991
- From India's Hills and Plains: Rajput Painting from the Punjab and Rajasthan, 17th through 19th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/1993 - 10/31/1993
- Rasika, the Discerning Connoisseur: Indian Paintings from the John Kenneth Galbraith Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/1998 - 04/05/1998
- 32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/28/2024 - 04/28/2025
Verification Level
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