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Project / Collection Archer Collection Language Not applicable Name Chitrakar, Kirtan, fl 1940s

1. Add Or 3499

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Add Or 3499
Title:
Sudhan, Krishna , Balarama and Sridam; below five cows.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
A row of four figures: Sudhan, a cowherd associate of Krishna, Balarama (Krishna’s foster-brother), Krishna holding up a flute, and Sridam (another cowherd associate); below five cows. Note: Names of associates supplied by the artist.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 3500

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Add Or 3500
Title:
A group of six milkmaids standing in two lines.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
A group of six milkmaids standing in two lines with pitchers tucked under their right arms.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3501

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Add Or 3501
Title:
Krishna playing the flute and stealing the milkmaids' clothes. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing the flute high up in a tall tree which is draped with the clothes of the milkmaids; below him, nine nude milkmaids standing on a river bank, their left hands (in eight cases) sheltering their sex, their right hands (in nine cases) upraised in supplication.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3502

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Add Or 3502
Title:
Krishna with milkmaids. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna, seated on a stool, addressing two milkmaids with pots of curd on their heads; below, ferrying three milkmaids in a boat across the river Jumna.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3503

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Add Or 3503
Title:
Krishna with milkmaids. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna carrying two pots of curd on a yoke; on either side a milkmaid with a pot of curd on her head. Below Krishna, seated on a stool, addressing three milkmaids who have laid their pots before him.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3504

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Add Or 3504
Title:
Krishna playing the flute, Radha standing before him. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing the flute, Radha standing beside him, two milkmaids with upraised fans.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 3505

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Add Or 3505
Title:
Visnu , Brahma and Siva seated side by side on a cot. Below, Krishna fluting with Radha. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Visnu, Brahma and Siva seated side by side on a cot. Below, Krishna fluting with Radha, a flowering tree on either side. Inscribed in Bengali characters: ‘ras lila’ (play of delight).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 3506

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Add Or 3506
Title:
Six milkmaids dancing . Below, the infant Krishna milking a blue cow, a small calf standing beside it.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Six milkmaids dancing. Below, the infant Krishna with yellow skin seated on a stool milking a blue cow, a small white calf with blue spots and tufted ears standing beside it.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 3507

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Add Or 3507
Title:
The Baha festival - figures and monkey. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Two majestic figures swathed in yellow dhotis with stunted arms upraised standing on either side of a short female figure; the left figure with white face and chest, the right figure with blue face and chest. Below, a blue monkey-like figure seated on a foot stool addressing...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 3508

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Add Or 3508
Title:
A suppliant figure kneeling before a four -headed, two-armed figure with massive head-dress. Below, two rows of 18 heads.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
A suppliant figure with long scarf kneeling before a four-headed, two-armed figure with massive head-dress seated on a cot. Below, two rows of eighteen severed heads - the top row dripping blood in a thin trickle, the lower row surmounting a series of yellow and reddish brown stripes (streams o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

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