Oliver White
Head of Department
Lot 258
Hindola Ragini: a prince seated in a swing, a maiden and female attendants beside him Mewar, circa 1730
8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,500 inc. premium
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Hindola Ragini: a prince seated in a swing, a maiden and female attendants beside him
Mewar, circa 1730
Mewar, circa 1730
gouache and gold on paper, yellow panel at top with nagari text, red border, framed
298 x 197 mm.
298 x 197 mm.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Formerly with Joseph Soustiel, Paris (label on backboard).
George Sheridan Collection formed between the 1950s and 80s.
The inscription reads: Raga Hindola peher deen chama gaye je.
George Sheridan (1923-2008) was one of the founding members of the artistic community of Deià in the Balearic island of Mallorca, among such illustrious residents as the poet Robert Graves. His painting style reflects the colour and rugged beauty of his adopted home in Spain, having spent many years working as an artist in London and Paris after leaving his native America. His influences included the art of India and the Himalayas ,which he collected avidly and whose themes he incorporated into his work. He frequented Spink and Son whenever he was in London, becoming close friends with the legendary head of the Indian and Southeast Asian department, Anthony Gardiner, from whom he bought regularly. When in Paris he would buy from the leading dealers of the day, Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard and Josette Schulmann. His eye for Asian art extended from the Buddhist sculpture of Gandhara, Nepal and Tibet,through classical Indian sculpture to the magical world of Indian miniatures.