Two Women
Artist/Culture
Thota Vaikuntam
born 1942
Date1987
Mediumgraphite underdrawing with ink wash and watercolor on laminated paperboard
Dimensionssheet: 28.5 x 28.4 cm (11 1/4 x 11 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection
Object number2002.512
DescriptionHVAIKT18Label Text2005-02-26: Thota Vaikuntam (b. 1942)Two Women
1987
Graphite under-drawing with ink wash and watercolor on laminated paperboard
Gift from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, 2002.512
Similar, yet different, these women-perhaps a mother and her daughter-wear bindis, nose- and ear-studs, rigid chokers (hasli) and hair buns. Their chins are decorated with tribal chin tattoos. Notes:Evoking Rasa in Luminous Visions: Indian Art from the Chester and Davida Herwitz CollectionProvenanceChester and Davida Herwitz, Worcester, MA
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