Gosain Kirpal Girji
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1720
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: Nagaur school
label: Inscriptions
content: Verso: in Devanagari-Gosainji Kirpal Girji Sikh Sawalji
label: Provenance
content: To 1964
label: Provenance
content: Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Lewis, San Francisco [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1983 to 2001
label: Provenance
content: Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Glynn Benkaim, purchased from R.E. Lewis, San Francisco in September 1983 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 2001 to 2018
label: Provenance
content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001
label: Provenance
content: From 2018
label: Provenance
content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Ray E. Lewis (1923-2005) was an active collector and dealer primarily prior to 1972. Lewis sourced paintings for James Ivory prior to 1972, for Barbara Janeff, and for the artist Paul Wonner, as per the Bonhams September 17, 2014 sale of the Janeff collection.
label: Provenance
content: [2] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.
label: Collection
content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Yoga: The Art of Transformation (October 19, 2013 to January 26, 2014)
label: Exhibition History
content: A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections (April 12, 1973 to November 11, 1973)
label: Exhibition History
content: Indian Miniature Paintings from West Coast Private Collections (May 29 to July 19, 1964)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: R. E. Lewis, Inc. (active 1952-1999)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)
place: label: Origin
content: Nagaur, Rajasthan state, India
topic: label: Topic
content: dog
label: Topic
content: garden
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: guru
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
label: Topic
content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
setName: label: See more items in
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: S2018.1.54
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 34.9 × 24.8 cm (13 3/4 × 9 3/4 in)