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Cooking chapatis on the hot spring at Manikarna

Fattu, Indian, b. 18th century

Creation date: 1764?

Creation place: India

Other Information

Type: Watercolor Painting

Medium and Support: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Credit Line: Edwin Binney 3rd Collection

Accession Number: 1990.1143

State/Province: Himachal Pradesh

Dimensions: 10 3/16 in. x 12 7/32 in. (25.9 cm x 31 cm)

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, England (July 11, 1973 - July 11, 1973)

Arnold, London, England (July 11, 1973 - July 11, 1973)

Edwin Binney 3rd, San Diego, California (July 11, 1973 - August 27, 1990)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (August 27, 1990 - )

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Gallery 10 Label Nov 2013
Cooking Chapattis on the Hot Spring at Manikarna
Attributed to Fattu
Northern India, Mandi
Opaque watercolor on paper, 1764 (?)
Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.1143

The activity depicted in this painting reveals itself to be the making of the Indian flatbread chapatti, seen as the circles of dough being worked by the cooks and spread to bake in the landscape around them. The cool colors and expansive landscape compressed into a small frame are common elements of painting from Mandi, especially in later paintings of the nineteenth century.
Last Updated: 9/5/2017

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Art of South Asia: 13th - 19th Century The San Diego Museum of Art , 11/23/2013 - 6/8/2014

Art Alive 2024 Binney Exhibit The San Diego Museum of Art , 4/25/2024 - 4/28/2024

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Catalogue of Fine Oriental Miniatures and Manuscripts, Sotheby & Co.. London, England, July 11, 1973
Page Number: 63, Lot no. 318, Figure Number: 318

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