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Tribal Princess, after Ajanta

ca. 1952
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Earlier generations of Indian artists, trained in the British schools of art in India, were often assigned to make meticulous copies of ancient Indian murals; much favored for this exercise was the Buddhist cave complex at Ajanta. Srimati and others sought to invert that paradigm by rescuing the classical tradition of Indian painting and using it as a vehicle for a new Indian art. This study exemplifies that approach.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tribal Princess, after Ajanta
  • Artist: Y. G. Srimati (Indian, 1926–2007)
  • Date: ca. 1952
  • Culture: India (Chennai)
  • Medium: Watercolor on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 10 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (27 × 24.1 cm)
    Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Lent by Michael Pellettieri
  • Rights and Reproduction: © M. Pellettieri
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art