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Fine chromo-lithograph or oleograph of Hindu deity  - Size 50 x 36 cm. Ravi Varma Press, Malavli, G.I.P.
Condition: Small stain upper right corner; few tiny tears in margin

*Ravi Varma was the first Indian artist to become well-known for creating oil paintings in a Western style, and he established a press in 1894 to reproduce them, the Ravi Varma Press. His lithographs of Hindu deities became so well-known that god pictures are sometimes referred to as “Ravi Varma” prints, though he was but one of many making them around the turn of the 20th century.
It is extremely difficult to find vintage god prints in pristine condition. (They are referred to in India as “god photographs,” indicating the belief that they are true representations of the deities.) Time has not been good to them. The weather is hot and damp, and the prints are frequently framed flush to the glass and hung in bright light. 


The chromo-lithographs were hand-painted on multiple stones, one stone for each color. [see: http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/seeing-god-in-prints-icpny-1/]
see also: http://www.india.diplo.de/Vertretung/indien/en/13__Culture/Bilaterals/Did__you__know/Lithography.html

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Splendid lithograph of Vishnu, flanked by two Lakshmi goddesses, riding the giant bird god Garuda - India - early 20th century

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