Vintage Raja Ravi Varma “Laxmi” Oleograph
Vintage Raja Ravi Varma “Laxmi” Oleograph. This is the Laxmi oleograph from the Raja Ravi Varma Press, Karla-Lonavla. It measures 30½×22¾ inch. It is similar to the Saraswati oleograph seen in this collection. It was also published and printed at the Raja Ravi Varma Press, Karla-Lonavla.
See post- Raja Ravi Varma’s “Saraswati” Oleograph c1910.
After Raja Ravi Varma sold his press in 1903, it underwent many changes. One of the changes was the renaming of Ravi Varma Fine Arts Lithograph Press(FAL Press) to Ravi Varma Press, Karla-Lonavla. This Laxmi oleograph was printed in the Raja Ravi Varma Press, Karla-Lonavla, in 1910.
Read more Raja Ravi Varma’s Oleographs, and Raja Ravi Varma: When the Gods Came Home.
Past posts – Raja Ravi Varma’s “Birth of Shakuntala” Oleograph c1894., Raja Ravi Varma Oleograph “Laxmi” Vinolia Soap Advertisement., Raja Ravi Varma Commemorative First Day Cover 1971., Old India Photo-British Regiment Parade, Bangalore 1928
