Dream III

Artist/Culture K. G. Ramanujam Indian, 1941–1973

Date20th Century

Mediumpen and blue ink with wash on cream wove paper

Dimensionssheet: 28.1 x 21.7 cm (11 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineGift from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection

Terms

Object number2002.477

DescriptionHRAMAK 10Label Text2005-02-26: K. Ramanujam (1941-73)

Dream III
Late 1960s

Pen and blue ink with wash on cream wove paper
Gift from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, 2002.477

Ramanujam would relate his nightly romantic, adventurous dreams to his colleagues and then translate the dreams into paintings. These dreams placed the artist as the hero, companion or lover of beautiful women and goddesses in a floating, transcendent world. In this work Ramanujam depicts himself seated in the palm of a god, perhaps acting as, or on behalf of, Kama, the God of Love, Longings and Desires in Hindu myth.

As Kama is wont to do, Ramanujam shows himself using a bow to shoot flower-tipped arrows that arouse the five senses and enchant the mind with visions of beauty. The arrows are directed at a crowned, bejeweled and lavishly costuProvenanceChester and Davida Herwitz, Worcester, MA

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