Mahananda

Oleograph on paper

20 x 13.5 in (51 x 34.5 cm)

The work has a printed inscription on the lower right stating that the print was printed at the Ravi Varma Press, Karla, Lonavala

This work will be shipped unframed

This oleograph published by the Ravi Varma Press depicts Mahananda. Ravi Varma had a penchant for depicting women from Kerala, in various moods and often seen with musical instruments. The artist himself had a great fondness for music and hence he translated his love for it by showing many of his female characters playing musical instruments. Here, Mahananda, a Malayalee lady wearing the traditional mundu, is seen in pensive mood, playing the veena. At her feet is a copper spittoon and a spouted brass water pot.