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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9436841, member: 8267"][ATTACH=full]437613[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it might be a contemporary painting/drawing from India, based on the traditional Madhubani style. The ladies appear to be bathing in a river, hence the semi-nudity. The scene may be based on a story from Hindu mythology of the "gopi maidens" (milk maids) where Krishna steals their clothes while they are bathing.</p><p><a href="http://harekrsna.de/stealing-cloth.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://harekrsna.de/stealing-cloth.htm" rel="nofollow">http://harekrsna.de/stealing-cloth.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a modern print by Shubhanjana Sikdar (Bangalore, India) that has similar characteristics: [ATTACH=full]437622[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/1097620" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/1097620" rel="nofollow">https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/1097620</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9436841, member: 8267"][ATTACH=full]437613[/ATTACH] I think it might be a contemporary painting/drawing from India, based on the traditional Madhubani style. The ladies appear to be bathing in a river, hence the semi-nudity. The scene may be based on a story from Hindu mythology of the "gopi maidens" (milk maids) where Krishna steals their clothes while they are bathing. [URL]http://harekrsna.de/stealing-cloth.htm[/URL] Here is a modern print by Shubhanjana Sikdar (Bangalore, India) that has similar characteristics: [ATTACH=full]437622[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/1097620[/URL][/QUOTE]
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