A ruler or person of rank reclining on a sofa covered in patterned material on a raised dais. He wears a white dhoti and a white cap patterned in red. A red shawl is thrown round his shoulders and he leans against red pillows. He wears heavy gold bracelets and an elaborate necklace. A man st...
Study of an Indian dancer. Artist(s): Chavda, Siavax (1914-1992)
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Study of an Indian dancer. 1942. Signed and dated in Gujerati on front: ‘21 Sh. Chavda 42;’ on back of mount: ‘Bill from Khurshid and Shiavax. ‘53.’. Brush drawing in brown ink; 202 by 184 mm. Gift to W.G. Archer from the artist, Bombay, December 1953.
Khurshid performing a Khatak dance, rear view. 1952. Inscribed: ‘4 Khurshid’ Pen-and-ink; 280 by 222 mm. Gift to W.G. Archer from the artist, Bombay, March 1954. Note: Khurshid is the wife of Shiavax Chavda and during the nineteen-fifties she was a well-known and successful dancer.
Khurshid performing a Kathakali dance; rear view. 1952. Inscribed: ‘4’ Pen-and-ink; 280 by 216 mm. Gift to W.G. Archer from the artist, Bombay, March 1954.