Untitled
1973
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1973
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1973 paint by Sita Devi, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows three figures standing close together, dressed in bright, patterned clothes. The central figure wears a yellow sash and a skirt with bold pink and orange stripes. Their faces are simple, with big eyes and dark outlines. The background is packed with shapes like flowers and stars, all outlined in black against pink and white borders. The figures look like they’re part of a larger scene, but the details are stylized—no realistic faces or settings. The colors are flat and bright, with no shading to show depth. If you like bold, colorful art like this, check out Victoria and Albert Museum for more works.
The work is a Madhubani painting on paper by Sita Devi from 1973, executed in ink and coloured paint. It depicts a central female dancer surrounded by two smaller male musicians playing horns. Madhubani painting originated in the Madhubani district of northern Bihar, traditionally created on interior walls by Hindu women of the Brahmin and Kshatriya castes. The tradition gained wider recognition after being documented by W.G. Archer following a 1934 earthquake, and later expanded to paper production in the 1960s.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Sita Devi painted the gods like family, layering their stories with the same bold colors she used for her neighbors’ wedding saris.
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