£31,451
Islamic & Indian Art ft. Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | 12345
Auction: Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | Lots 84 to 152 | 12 June at 10am
gouache on paper, heightened in gold, depicting a lady in a white gauze skirt, yellow stole, and blue and red striped trousers standing under a drooping tree, smoking a hookah with a red stem held by a maidservant, chocolate-brown background with a rim of sky above, mounted, glazed and framed
Folio: 16cm x 14 cm (6 2/8 x 5½in).
Acquired before 1963.
Exhibited:
Circulated by the Smithsonian Institute, USA, in 1963-1964,and exhibited in Ohio, Indianapolis, Richmond, New Hampshire and Ottawa.
Wildenstein Gallery, London, 26 May to 19 June 1965.
Literature:
W. G. Archer, Indian Miniatures from the Collection of Mildred and W. G. Archer, Exhibition Catalogue, Washington, 1963, no. 30 (not illustrated).
M. Archer, Romance and poetry in Indian paintings, Exhibition Catalogue, Wildenstein, London, 1965, no. 28 (illustrated in black and white).
Note:
For a similar example, see Sotheby’s, Arts of the Islamic and India including Rugs and Carpets, 31 March 2021, lot 41.
For a comparable painting in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see accession no. IS.28.1954.