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361. Add Or 3477

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3477
Title:
Krishna dancing before a seated milkmaid.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna dancing before a seated milkmaid; below, Krishna with blue face and Balarama with yellow face dancing before a milkmaid who stands beside them. In both cases, the dancers hold short sticks above their heads.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

362. Add Or 3478

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3478
Title:
Balarama, Krishna and a cowherd standing in a row.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Balarama, Krishna and a cowherd standing in a row, each holding a short stick; the cowherd raising an honorific unibrella over Krishna. Below, four cows - yellow, blue, white and green.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

363. Add Or 3479

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3479
Title:
Krishna seated on a stool accosting three milkmaids with pots of curd on their heads.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna seated on a stool accosting three milkmaids with pots of curd on their heads. Below, Krishna ferrying two of them across the river Jumna in a boat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

364. Add Or 3480

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3480
Title:
Krishna carrying two pots of curd slung form a yoke, on either side of him a milkmaid with pots of curd on her head.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna carrying two pots of curd slung from a yoke, on either side of him a milkmaid with a pot of curds on her head. Below, two milkmaids complaining to Krishna about being teased.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

365. Add Or 3481

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3481
Title:
Krishna playing his flute with Radha caressing him.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing on his flute with Radha caressing him, to the left a milkmaid fanning him with a hand punkah, to the right, another milkmaid fanning him, a third milkmaid with a fly-whisk. Below, the circular dance in the form of a wheel with eight spokes, four containing milkmaids, every other...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

366. Add Or 3482

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3482
Title:
Two majestic figures with large heads.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Two majestic figures with large heads and arms upraised, their legs swathed in yellow dhotis, standing on either side of a slightly shorter female figure, her arms also raised. The figure on the left with blue face and chest, the figure on the right with white face and chest. Below, a blue mon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

367. Add Or 3483

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3483
Title:
A brown-skinned four-headed figure sitting on a stool, with a supplicant, and 18 bleeding heads. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Above, a brown skinned four-headed figure with two arms seated on a low foot-stool, a princely figure kneeling and supplicating before him. Below, eighteen human heads in two rows, dripping long streams of blood. At the bottom, a drummer with five boys, two clashing cymbals the remaining three...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

368. Add Or 3484

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3484
Title:
Episodes from the Baha festival. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Above, a bullock about to be killed, a boy holding its tall, two Santals standing in front, one of them with an axe. Below, three figures preparing rice-beer. At the bottom, two men and two women standing with two sal-tree branches.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

369. Add Or 3485

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3485
Title:
Two majestic figures with large heads and arms upraised.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Two majestic figures with large heads and arnis upraised, their legs swathed in dhotis, standing on either side of a slightly shorter female figure, her arms also raised; the figure on the left with greenish blue face and chest, the figure on the right with white face and chest. Above them, a c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

370. Add Or 3485-3491

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3485-3491
Title:
Add.Or.3485-3491 Scroll painting cut into seven sections illustrating the Baha festival, the origin of the Santals and the Krishna story. By Pranesvar ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3485-3491 Scroll painting cut into seven sections illustrating the Baha festival, the origin of the Santals and the Krishna story. By Pranesvar Citrakar, village Bora, Banskuli circle, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, c.1940. Water-colour; width 280 mm. Collected by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1939-1941
Extent:
7 items