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A Rajput Sirdar
Presented by the State of Bhavnagar 1925
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Udey Rana, Marharwal
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paper unique watercolour gouache ink
25 November 2015 – 10 April 2016
2016-04-10
25 November 2015 – 10 April 2016
2016-04-10
2015-11-25
Tate Britain (London, UK)
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3 October 2016 – 29 January 2017
2017-01-29
2016-10-03
National Gallery of Singapore (Singapore, Singapore)
2015-11-25
Artist and Empire
Exhibition
25 November 2015 – 26 March 2017
2017-03-26
6 October 2016 – 26 March 2017
2017-03-26
2016-10-06
National Gallery of Singapore (Singapore, Singapore)
2015-11-25
Artist and Empire
Loan-out
7 October 2023 – 2 June 2024
2024-06-02
7 October 2023 – 28 January 2024
2024-01-28
2023-10-07
MK Gallery (Milton Keynes, UK)
17 February 2024 – 2 June 2024
2024-06-02
2024-02-17
The Box (Plymouth, UK)
2023-10-07
The Enduring Influence of South Asian Miniatures
Loan-out
A Rajput Sirdar
support: 495 × 292 mm
frame: 718 × 429 × 21 mm
Presented by the State of Bhavnagar 1925
<strong>S. Fyzee-Rahamin</strong> 1880-1964
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<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/fyzee-rahamin-a-rajput-sirdar-n04096" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04096</span></a> <strong>A Rajput Sirdar</strong> <em>c</em>.1914-15
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Inscribed in the Urdu language, in Persian style, 'amal-i faizi rahamin' (work of Fyzee-Rahamin) b.r.<br/>
Watercolour, gouache, and pen and ink on paper, 20 7/8 x 12 3/4 (53.1 x 32.3) including decorative border<br/>
Presented by the State of Bhavnagar 1925<br/>
<em>Prov:</em> The State of Bhavnagar (purchased from the artist through Arthur Tooth and Sons 1925)<br/>
<em>Exh:</em> [?<em>Indian Paintings, Vedic, Mythological, Traditional, Homelife and the Mountains of Kashmir, etc. by S. Fyzee-Rahamin</em>, M. Knoedler, New York, November 1918 (31) as 'Portrait of a Rajput Warrior of Rajputana']; <em>India: Vedic, Mythological and Contemporary Water-Colours by S. Fyzee-Rahamin</em>, Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, June-July 1925 (24) as 'A Rajput Sirdar'<br/>
<em>Lit:</em> Anon, 'Mr Fyzee-Rahamin's Paintings' in <em>Apollo</em>, II, 1925, p.93, repr. in colour facing p.94
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The artist's wife wrote: 'The name of the Rajput Sirdar is Maharawal Udey Rana - a first class warrior sirdar (courtier) of the Court (Durbar) of Udeypoor, Rajputana - of <em>Chawan</em> clan descended from the Sun and the Moon - painted from life - when we were the guests of the Ruler'. (Letter of 24 February 1960).
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Mrs Aliya Tainkeen, the Superintendent of the Fyzee Rehamin Art Gallery, adds in a letter of 17 May 1978 that the records of the Fyzee family include an account of a visit to Udeypoor some time in 1914-15, though there is no mention of this particular man.
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<strong>Published in:</strong><br/>
Ronald Alley, <em>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</em>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, pp.230-1, reproduced p.230
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actions: postures and motions adults aristocrat Asian beard body clothing and personal items courtier ethnicity Indian individuals: male man named individuals nationality objects people portraits royalty and social rank society standing tunic Udey Rana, Marharwal work and occupations