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Collage depicting deity Satyanarayan and Jawaharlal Nehru

Unknown Artistc. 1930

Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

A national hero, contemporary cityscape and mythological figures collaged together to make a peculiar composition. The deity Vishnu in the form of Satyanarayan is shown along a devotee couple and sage Narad on either side. Little far on the left is Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru standing holding a garland in adoration of the deity. The painted background depicts the town of Nathdwara.
The collages combining painted backgrounds with cut-outs of figures from popular posters were hugely in demand in around the 1940s. The Nathdwara collages with painted backgrounds ususally have the cut-ous of Brij Basi posters.

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  • Title: Collage depicting deity Satyanarayan and Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Creator: Unknown Artist
  • Date Created: c. 1930
  • Location: Nathdwara, Rajasthan, India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 28 cm, W. 43.5 cm
  • Type: Collage
  • Medium: Chromolithograph print cut-outs on painted backdrop
  • Department: Popular Art
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