Women Making Paratha and Smoking Hookah, Antique North Indian Watercolor/Gouache sayward brown for the mustache

brown for the mustache

It was found in Pennsylvania

I love how the faces are represented both frontally and in profile

which looks fairly easily removed should one desire

I thought someone might put these to use in one creative way or another

Women Making Paratha and Smoking Hookah, Antique North Indian Watercolor/Gouache sayward brown for the mustacheIt 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