Episodes of Visnu's myth: Folio from an Unknown Manuscript

ca. 1960-62, likely purchased in India* by Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Charles Watson (Santa Barbara, CA); 1966, gifted to the University of Wisconsin – Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art].   *General donor file contains correspondence from Mrs. Watson stating that she and Mr. Watson’s collection of Indian art and artifacts was begun and amassed while living in New Delhi between 1960 and 1962; however, specific acquisition information is not documented.

• Vajracharya, Gautam V. "Watson Collection of Indian Miniatures at the Elvehjem Museum of Art." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002. cat. no. 8

• Art of Storytelling: Art of India from Wisconsin Collections, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/26/1985–1/19/1986

• Asia
• Jane Werner Watson Collection
• Miniature Paintings & Manuscripts

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