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Façade of a European Palace (from a European print)

Creation date: ca. 1850

Creation place: India

Other Information

Type: Watercolor Painting

Medium and Support: Opaque watercolor on paper

Credit Line: Edwin Binney 3rd Collection

Accession Number: 1990.1391

State/Province: Gujarat

Dimensions: 11 5/8 in. x 20 5/16 in. (29.5 cm x 51.6 cm)

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, England (July 9, 1974 - July 9, 1974)

Arnold, London, England (July 9, 1974 - July 9, 1974)

Edwin Binney 3rd, San Diego, California (July 9, 1974 - August 27, 1990)

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

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European images have stimulated great interest in India from their first appearance in the subcontinent in the sixteenth century. Not only have Western art techniques such as foreshortening and chiaroscuro been introduced to the Indian artist through prints and paintings, but cultural information, such as the size of European houses, has been transmitted as well. This picture has no inscriptions to reveal where or when it was made, but the paper and technique of painting are Indian. The building itself is not Indian; neither is the clothing worn by the strolling figures.
Last Updated: 9/5/2017

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Catalogue of Fine Oriental Miniatures and Manuscripts, Sotheby & Co.. London, England, July 9, 1974
Page Number: 39, Lot no. 254

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