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Kantha : the embroidered quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection and the Stella Kramrisch collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art / edited by Darielle Mason ; with essays by Pika Ghosh [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kanthas--Exhibitions.
- Kanthas.
- Art--Private collections.
- Bonovitz, Jill (Jill F.)--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Bonovitz, Jill.
- Bonovitz, Sheldon M--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Bonovitz, Sheldon M.
- Kramrisch, Stella, 1898-1993--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Kramrisch, Stella.
- Bonovitz, Jill (Jill F.).
- Kramrisch, Stella, 1898-1993.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : 270 color illustrations, color maps
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; New Haven : in association with Yale University Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- "This first book-length study on kanthas published outside of South Asia focuses on two premier collections, one assembled by the legendary historian of Indian art, Dr. Stella Kramrisch, the other by Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz, leading proponents of self-taught art. Created from worn-out garments imaginatively embroidered by women with motifs and tales drawn from a rich regional repertoire, kanthas traditionally were stitched as gifts for births, weddings, and other family occasions. Innovative essays by leading scholars explore the domestic, ritual, and historical contexts of the fascinating quilts in these collections-- made between the mid-19th and mid-20th century in what is today Bangladesh and West Bengal, India-- and trace their reinterpretation as emblems of national identity and works of art"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Background texture : lives and landscapes of Bengal's embroidered quilts / Darielle Mason
- From rags to riches : valuing Kanthas in Bengali households / Pika Ghosh
- In search of "living traditions" : Gurusaday Dutt, Zainul Abedin, and the institutional life of Kanthas / Katherine Hacker
- Embroidering Bengal : Kantha imagery and regional identity / Pika Ghosh
- Woman's word/women's voices in the Kantha / Niaz Zaman
- A many-splendored thing : Kantha technique and design / Anne Peranteau
- Interwoven in the pattern of time : Stella Kramrisch and Kanthas / Darielle Mason
- Kanthā (1939) / Stella Kramrisch
- Resonances : a discussion on collecting with Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz / Darielle Mason.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on October 25, 2022).
- Published in connection with the exhibition held Dec. 12, 2009-July 25, 2010, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780300270549
- 0300270542
- OCLC:
- 741518626
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