Kalarte Gallery: India

Pata-chitras (paintings on cloth)
from Orissa

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The tradition of pata-chitra painting in Orissa.
Article from Asian Arts online journal:
Pata-Chitras of Orissa: An Illustration of Some Common Themes

Page 1 (size ca. 4x6)
Page 2 (size ca. 6x8)
Page 3 (size ca. 6x12 - 12x15)
Page 4 (size ca. 12x16 and larger)

images copyright © 2000-2005 Kalarte Gallery and Bernard Cesarone

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Dimensions are approximate; some pictures are out-of-square.

Pictures are framed or unframed as indicated. The framed pictures are framed in a black metal frame, and placed under glass with spacer to separate the painting from the glass.

Krishna-Balarama Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
ca. 8" x 6"

$28.00 unframed
# OR-pc13

Krishna and Balarama slaying the elephant and driver who had denied them entry to Kamsa's amphitheater.
Krishna-Govardhana Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
ca. 8" x 6"

$35.00 framed
# OR-pc15

Krishna lifting Mt. Govardhana, to protect the villagers of Vrindavan from the thunderbolts of Indra.
Krishna-Putana Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
ca. 8" x 6"

$35.00 framed
# OR-pc16

The baby Krishna suckling the demoness Putana, who had intended to kill him by nursing him from her poisoned breast.
Krishna-milkmaids Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
ca. 8" x 6"

$28.00 unframed
# OR-pc17

Krishna and milkmaids. (?)
Krishna Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
ca. 8" x 6"

$35.00 framed
# OR-pc18

Baby Krishna.
Krishna Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
ca. 8" x 6"

$28.00 unframed
# OR-pc33

Krishna slaying the demon Baka in the form of a heron
Krishna-Govardhana Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
ca.8" x 6"

$35.00 framed
# OR-pc34

Krishna lifting Mt. Govardhana, to protect the villagers of Vrindavan from the thunderbolts of Indra.
Sarasvati Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
ca. 6" x 8"

SOLD
# OR-pc51

Goddess Sarasvati holding a vina.
Krishna-Kaliya Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
ca. 6" x 8"

$35.00 framed
# OR-pc53

Krishna subduing the serpent Kaliya.

Orissa pata-chitras, page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

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