Paul Walter: Collector and Donor

Emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-48) Presides Over Celebrations of the Spring Festival of Colors (Holi Utsava)
India, Delhi, Mughal empire, circa 1725-1750
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Sheet: 12 x 9 5/8 in. (30.48 x 24.45 cm); Image: 10 5/8 x 6 1/2 in. (26.99 x 16.51 cm)

Gift of Paul F. Walter
Los Angeles Museum of Art, (M.76.149.2)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Diamond, Debra. "Holi in the Zenana: Genre, Style and Sociability." In A Magic World: New Visions of Indian Painting, edited by Molly Emma Aitken, 100-115. Mumbai: Marg Foundation, 2016.
• Pal, Pratapaditya and Catherine Glynn. The Sensuous Line: Indian Drawings from the Paul F. Walter Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976.
• Schmitz, Barbara, ed. After the Great Mughals: Painting in Delhi and the Regional Courts in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Mumbai, India: Marg Publications, 2002.