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Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin

(from 2nd Feb until 22nd Apr 2012)

Explore the remarkable collection of Indian paintings and drawings of the artist Howard Hodgkin.

Detail of Maharaja Dhiraj Singh riding, Raghugarh, India, c.1700 (Museum No: LI118.34)
Head of an elephantfront

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Head of an elephant

  • loan

  • Description

    Elephants frenzied in their mast season (see the previous painting, Enraged elephant [LI118.45]), and at the height of their formidable vitality, became a favourite subject for Kota artists. This fragmentary drawing shows a court elephant in mast, with a dark secretion flowing from his temple. His animated eye swims in a vortex of fluid lines and hatchings.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › south Rajasthan › Kota (place of creation)
    Date
    1700 - 1710
    Material and technique
    brush drawing on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 37.1 x 36.9 x 1.8 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 23.8 x 23.9 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › drawing,
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.51

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 82 on p. 196, pp. 19 & 184, illus. p. 197

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    • Returned to lender

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