Bust of a Woman
Artist/Culture
Thota Vaikuntam
(born 1942)
Date1987
Mediumgraphite underdrawing with ink wash and watercolor on laminated paperboard
Dimensionssheet: 35 x 27.7 cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection
Terms
Object number2002.513
DescriptionHVAIKT19Label Text2005-02-26: Thota Vaikuntam (b. 1942) Bust of a Woman 1987 Graphite under-drawing with ink wash and watercolor on laminated paperboard Gift from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, 2002.513 Vaikuntam frequently portrays different tribal women of his native Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh. He says, "I find their body language very sensuous and very strong. Their upright and powerful torsos, their earthy beauty and their clothes, so very different from the kind of beauty you find in cities, their whole body language is of abandon and of joy. I can't stop myself from drawing these women. To me they represent strength that's so inherent in most Indian women." Harmonizing with the earthy voluptuousness of female figures in the folk paintings and sculptures of southern India, this woman is depicted wiProvenanceChester and Davida Herwitz, Worcester, MA
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