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Lakshmi and Saraswati
Chitrakar, Ranjit - Enlarge image
Lakshmi and Saraswati
- Object:
Kalighat painting
- Place of origin:
West Bengal
Pingla
Naya Village (The patua village at Naya is home to over 300 working artist families, who live and work as a tightly knit community. They primarily work on longer scroll paintings, but some artists also produce Kalighat paintings. , painted) - Date:
1995 - 1998 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Chitrakar, Ranjit (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Organic pigments on handmade paper
- Museum number:
IS.42-2011
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Lakshmi and Saraswati, the Hindu godesses of wealth, beauty and learning, stand in mirroring poses, echoing that of 19th century depictions of Krishna and his brother Balarama. Some of the pigments used consist of juice from the betel nut for red, and white clay known as Kusum mati.