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)
Page 4 (size ca. 12x16 and larger)

images copyright © 2000-2009 Kalarte Gallery and Bernard Cesarone

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Pictures framed or unframed as indicated.
Dimensions are approximate; some pictures are out-of-square.

Krishna-gopis Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Puri, Orissa
ca. 12" x 18"

$55.00 unframed
# OR-pc43

* central medallion: Krishna, Radha, and gopi maidens
* stylized lotus petals alternate figures of Krishna and gopi maiden
* border: images of the 10 incarnations of Vishnu
*  view close-up of central medallion
Pata-chitra (painting on cloth)
Puri, Orissa
ca. 18" x 18"

$60.00 unframed
# OR-pc27

* center: Dancing 8-armed Ganesh with his rat vahana ("vehicle")
* petals: Eight figures of the dancing 4-armed Ganesh
* corner: leaft,stalk, and flower
* border: inner border of leaf forms; outer border of leaf and flower forms

* view close-up of Ganesh in center
* view close-up of smaller dancing Ganesh and flower

Condition: Good, but some loss of paint at right center.
1990s, possibly a little older.

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

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