Harvard Art Museums > 1971.133: Lady Alone at Holi Festival Albums Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Lady Alone at Holi Festival , 1971.133,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 13, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/215669. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 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 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 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
