Seated Holy Man | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2009.202.3
People: Unknown Artist
Title: Seated Holy Man
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Old Holy Man with Attendant and Bird
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1820
Places: Creation Place: South Asia, India, Punjab Hills
Culture: Indian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/218093

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 22.5 x 18 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Stuart Cary Welch (by 1976 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1976.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year: 2009
Object Number: 2009.202.3
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Howard Hodgkin and Terence McInerney, Indian Drawing : An Exhibition Chosen by Howard Hodgkin, exh. cat., Arts Council of Great Britain, London (London, England, 1983), Figure 8

Exhibition History

Leaves From the Jungle, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/17/1984 - 01/06/1985
Infancy to Old Age: A Gallery of Indians, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/27/1993 - 04/25/1993

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2009.202.3: Seated Holy Man