Women Making Paratha and Smoking Hookah, Antique North Indian Watercolor/Gouache Woodrow wilson very sturdy still

very sturdy still

This one matches exactly a separately listed example done in tempera

I fell in love with it for its folkiness

I believe he dates to the early 1950s and is in good shape

4 1/8” d x 2 3/4” t

Women Making Paratha and Smoking Hookah, Antique North Indian Watercolor/Gouache Woodrow wilson very sturdy stillIt can be easy to stay in bubble of looking just at American, or Western, antiques and folk art, but why would one want to do that when there is so much that is amazing out there?! This painting is Indian and, though not my expertise, would I believe be referred to as a Pahari painting, c. earlyish 20th century I believe. Watercolor gouache on good weight paper, with hand written text on reverse. I of course love that it is all about women in one