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Krishna and Radha meet
Raghogarh, late 17th century
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; the two lovers greet each other with the intimate red
chamber and lotus bed nearby, Radha’s closest handmaiden looks away so as not be allured
by Krishna’s darshan as well.
Image: 10 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (27.2 x 18.3 cm)
$15,000 - 20,000
The couple’s charged interaction is expressed in the elements. The lightning pent-up within the
tumescent cloud above Krishna evokes his yearning. The ripples of blue, green, red, and black
above Radha convey her adrenaline. The peacocks gesture in tandem.
Compare with another Raghogarh painting in the San Diego Museum of Art (1990.675).
Stylistically, the intense sky is in keeping with Bundi pages of 1660. An example of Shuddha
Majhara in the San Diego Museum of Art shows swirling clouds redolent of the figures below
(see Goswamy, Domains of Wonder, San Diego, 2005, p. 85, no. 27).
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s through Arthur Lall
Private New York Estate

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