Bust of a Man and Woman
Artist/Culture
Laxma Goud
(Indian, born 1940)
Date1980
Mediumlinocut on pale green paperboard
Dimensionssheet: 26.6 x 50 cm (10 1/2 x 19 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection
Object number2002.429
DescriptionHGOUDL 546Label Text2005-02-26: K. Laxma Goud (b. 1940) Busts of a Man and a Woman 1980 Linocut on pale green paperboard Gift from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, 2002.429 Both women and men wear jewelry, especially in rural areas. Here the huband is wearing an amulet (taviz), while his wife wears a talismanic marriage necklace (mangalsutra), a forehead ornament (tikka), ear-rings with seed-like beads, and a nose-ring (nath) extended with a chain across the left cheek and hooked above the ear. The woman has also applied a bindi to her forehead and covered her head with the end of her sari (ghunghat). Notes:Evoking Rasa in Luminous Visions: Indian Art from the Chester and Davida Herwitz CollectionProvenanceChester and Davida Herwitz, Worcester, MA
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