Krishna bids farewell, folio from a <em>Bhagavata Purana</em>
date: label: Date
content: ca.1680-1690
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: Mewar school
label: Description
content: Krishna embraces his father in the upper left corner then proceeds on a palanquin with the Pandava brothers, led by an elephant and followed by musicians. Ladies pay homage to the procession from balconies overhead.
label: Provenance
content: Ari K. Bohman Behran, Mumbai and London (1909-2000) [1]
label: Provenance
content: Rani Sunita Pitamber, Mumbai or London [2]
label: Provenance
content: To 1972
label: Provenance
content: James K. Ivory, New York, New York, purchased from Rani Sunita Pitamber at unknown date [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1972 to 2001
label: Provenance
content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from James Ivory in New York City in November 1972 [4]
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] Date of ownership is unknown. See note 3.
label: Provenance
content: [2] Date of ownership is unknown. See note 3.
label: Provenance
content: [3] James K. Ivory, a filmmaker, was “sort of a semi-dealer” on the side. Mr. Benkaim purchased the painting from Mr. Ivory in New York City, where the filmmaker kept “bunches of paintings in his apartment.” Considering that Mr. Ivory was a collector who sold to friends and acquaintances from an apartment filled with paintings, it seems quite likely that the painting was out of India prior to September 1972.
label: Provenance
content: According to Catherine Glynn Benkaim, May 23-24, 2016, James Ivory purchased this painting from Rani Sunita Pitambar, the Rani of Pitambar. The rani acquired the painting from Bohman Behran in either Bombay or London. Bohman Behran arrived in London in 1948 and worked at the Royal London Hospital of Homeopathy until 1951. From the 1960s until the late 1990s, he was an allopathic and homeopathic doctor practicing in Harley Street and Camden Town, where he presumably sold or gave the painting to the Rani. See http://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/mar/08/guardianobituaries2.
label: Provenance
content: [4] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.
label: Collection
content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Ardeshir Kavasji Boman-Behram (1909-2000)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Rani Sunita Pitamber (Indian, 20th century)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: James K. Ivory (born 1928)
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: Mewar, Rajasthan state, India
topic: label: Topic
content: Krishna
label: Topic
content: elephant
label: Topic
content: Bhagavata Purana
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: palanquin
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: S2018.1.22
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 (painting): 20 × 39.4 cm (7 7/8 × 15 1/2 in)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (overall): 23.2 × 42.5 cm (9 1/8 × 16 3/4 in)