Sudeva and Malati

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Kolkata (made)

Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Sudeva, a Bengali man, is conversing with a woman or Bibi named Malati wearing a red sari with silver decoration (executed in tin alloy). Their names are written underneath them.

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Categories	Paintings Folk Art Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project SCRAN
Object type	Painting
Title	Sudeva and Malati (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard Watercolour Tin Alloy Paint Cardboard Painted
Brief description	Painting, a man, Sudeva, conversing with a woman, Malati, watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Kolkata, ca. 1890
Physical description	Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Sudeva, a Bengali man, is conversing with a woman or Bibi named Malati wearing a red sari with silver decoration (executed in tin alloy). Their names are written underneath them.
Content description	Sudeva, a Bengali man, is conversing with a woman or Bibi named Malati wearing a red sari with silver decoration. Their names are written underneath them.
Style	Kalighat Painting
Marks and inscriptions	(inscribed underneath the subjects) Translation [subjects' names] Transliteration 'Sudeva Malati'
Object history	Historical significance: Calcutta was recognised as the Capital of British India from 1833-1912. By the 1830s, artists had arrived from rural villages in Bengal and began to produce paintings that reflected local history, mythology, customs and conflicts of a colonised society. As a popular art form, these artists are recognised for their use of brilliant colour, simplified images and swift brushstrokes that became the hallmark of Kalighat painting in the 19th and early 20th century.
Subjects depicted	Man Woman Sudeva Malati
Bibliographic references	Jain, J (1999) 'Kalighat Paintings: Images from a Changing World'. Ahmedabad, Mapin. Kalighat paintings : a catalogue and introduction / by W.G. Archer. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1971 Number: 0112900291 : fig. no. 59, cat. no. 28, iv: p.78.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.85-1959

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Record created	July 16, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82492/sudeva-and-malati-painting-unknown/

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