A Woman Meeting a Tree Spirit
Artist/Culture
Laxma Goud
(Indian, born 1940)
Date1979
Mediumetching and aquatint on cream wove paper
Dimensionsplate: 32.3 x 49 cm (12 11/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection
Object number2002.423
Label Text2005-02-26: K. Laxma Goud (b. 1940)
A Woman Meeting a Tree Spirit
1979
A.P. 15/25; Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper
Gift from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, 2002.423
According to Laxma Goud's vision, passion blooms in the forests that surround the villages in Southern India. In this scene a woman, dressed in a blouse and a six-yard sari, wanders along a forest path. She suddenly perceives that she is not alone and turns around.
A tree spirit, its face resembling Laxma Goud's, manifests itself. Half of his chest and his right arm are shown wearing a shirt while his left side is bare. Both legs are enveloped by a dhoti and vegetation. By suggesting kajal, a black make-up paste used at the corners of the eyes, Goud emphasizes the excitement of the moment when the figures first see and becOn View
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