Dance of the snake-charmer (Uday Shan-kar), 1933
pencil and crayon on tissue
50.1
x 30.2
cm
signed & dated lr Title inscribed below
Provenance
NGA
Exhibited
Exh; AGNSW 1980 n0 30
The final w/c, exh GG 1937 was destroyed. The Hinders saw him dance in Boston in 1933. Shan-kar combined classical Hindu and Western elements. He adapted dance in depth in temples into more frontal dance for theatre.
Copyright Estate of Frank Hinder