Harvard Art Museums > 2008.336: Portrait of a Seated Man with a Water Pipe 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"Portrait of a Seated Man with a Water Pipe (Unknown Artist) , 2008.336,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/330730. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.336 People Unknown Artist Title Portrait of a Seated Man with a Water Pipe Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 18th century Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/330730 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink on paper Dimensions 16.8 x 11.4 cm (6 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History This object is part of a group of Indian drawings and paintings that were purchased by Norman Hurst in 2004. They had been purchased as a group by an American couple from the art dealer H.C. Mehra at the Great Eastern Hotel in Calcutta in 1953. The collection was next in the possession of a small Massachusetts museum from the late 1960s until 2004. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mary Katherine Burton Jones in memory of Joyce Ann Bagby Kennedy Accession Year 2008 Object Number 2008.336 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 is executed with minimal means. It depicts a lightly bearded man in profile, facing to the right. He is seated and holds to his mouth the pipe of a hookah (which is not included in the drawing). Publication History Stages of Depiction: Indian Drawings: 17th-19th Centuries, auct. cat., Hurst Gallery (Cambridge, 2006), pp 46, cat. 24 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
