Kalarte Gallery: India

Pata-chitras (paintings on cloth)
from Orissa

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The tradition of pata-chitra painting in Orissa (PDF)
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)

images copyright © 2000-2010 Kalarte Gallery and Bernard Cesarone

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Contact Kalarte Gallery to order or for more information.
Pictures are framed or unframed as indicated.
Dimensions are approximate; some pictures are out-of-square.

Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
ca. 13" x 10"

$38.00 framed
# OR-pc20

Krishna lifting Mount Govardhana

View close-up of Krishna.

Krishna and Balarama Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Puri, Orissa
ca. 8" x 10"

$35.00 unframed
# OR-pc38

Krishna and his brother Balarama. (This pata-chitra is slightly out-of-square.)

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

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