Harvard Art Museums > 2009.117: The month of Baishakh (April - May) from a Baramasa series Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The month of Baishakh (April - May) from a Baramasa series , 2009.117,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/330736. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2009.117 Title The month of Baishakh (April - May) from a Baramasa series Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1820 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/330736 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink on paper Dimensions 28.6 x 20.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [H.C. Mehra], Calcutta (November 16, 1953); purchase by L.C. and P. Wyman, American couple; gift to Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden Street, Duxbury (1960s); purchase by Kathy Burton Jones [Norman Hurst], Hurst Gallery, 53 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge (2004); gift to Harvard Art Museum (2009). Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Katherine Burton Jones Accession Year 2009 Object Number 2009.117 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This drawing represents Ashar (June-July). It is one of three preparatory drawings from a set of illustrations of Baramasa poems given by Kathy Burton Jones. The poems, which appear in Devanagari script on the reverse of the drawings, describe the months of the year with a focus on the festivals that ushered in each season. On the obverse, notations in Devanagari script indicate the colors for the finished painting. Each scene centers on the romantic bond between man and woman, a metaphor for life-continuing concepts. Here a couple with lively gesturing hands face one another. They are seated on an elegant terrace, and in the background, villagers tend cows. Publication History Stages of Depiction: Indian Drawings: 17th-19th Centuries, auct. cat., Hurst Gallery (Cambridge, 2006), pp 56, cat. 43 Exhibition History Stages of Depiction: Indian Drawings: 17th-19th Centuries, Hurst Gallery, 03/18/2006 - 04/15/2006 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
