Horizontal painting of two peacocks and a striped animal
Dateearly 21st century
Maker
Unknown artist
Label TextUsing an Indigenous art technique known as Adivasi painting, the artist captures two peacocks and an unidentified striped animal. Adivasi paintings have two stylistic conventions: the limited earth-toned palette of the Sohrai style and the black-and-white Khovar style (not seen here). Female peacocks, more traditionally known as peahens, do not have the bold blue and green plumage of their male counterparts, so the golds and browns here reflect direct observation.
Object number2022.30.6
ProvenanceThe artist (Tribal Women Artists Cooperative, Hazaribagh, India); gifted and sold, via Bulu Iman (Founder, Tribal Women Artists Cooperative), to Joseph Reid (d. 2016), Winthrop, Washington, 2008; bequeathed to Batya Friedman, Seattle, Washington, 2016; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2022
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view beginning Jan. 13, 2023].Credit LineGift of Joseph E. Reid and Batya Friedman
DimensionsPainting: 22 1/2 x 30 1/4 in. (57.2 x 76.8 cm)
Frame: 33 3/4 x 41 3/4 in. (85.7 x 106 cm)
MediumSohrai colored in ochre acrylic (earth colors with commercial binders) on paper
Unknown artist
early 21st century
Object number: 2022.30.3
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