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#FA-3 - "Nayar Palace Sweeper"
- Original Hubert Stowitts Tempera on Canvas - 39"
x 48" on stretcher-bars. - $9,500.00
A Nayar Servant at Palace Travancore - This little
lady, although she sweeps, is of the noble Nayar caste, because
only Nayars are permitted to clean the rooms of the Maharajah. The
Nayar women have more freedom than any women of any land. (This
is excerpted from the artist's text to accompany color plates
from the "Vanishing India" exhibition, as written in
"The Heritage of India" by H.J. Stowitts, an original
book manuscript dated August 5, 1938.) Complete provenance
and Museum Exhibition History will accompany the sale of this
painting! If you would like to know more about the artist,
his life, this series of 150 paintings, and other works and exhibitions
of his, please visit the Stowitts Museum in Pacific Grove, CA
or check them out at http://www.stowitts.org/
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