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Reclining Nair lady
Artist	Raja Ravi Varma
Year	1902
Type	Oil on Canvas
Dimensions	73.66 cm × 104.14 cm (29.00 in × 41.00 in)

A Reclining Nair lady is a 1902 painting by the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. The painting features a recumbent Nair woman, with a book open in front of her while attended by a maid. Varma draw this painting inspired from Edward Manet's 1863 painting Olympia.

References

1. Smith, V.A. (2012). Art of India. Temporis. Parkstone International. pp. 243–245. ISBN 978-1-78042-880-2. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
2. ^ Dinkar, Niharika (11 April 2014). "Private Lives and Interior Spaces: Raja Ravi Varma's Scholar Paintings". Art History. 37 (3). Wiley: 10. doi:10.1111/1467-8365.12085. ISSN 0141-6790.
3. Sen, G. (2002). Feminine fables: imaging the Indian woman in painting, photography, and cinema. Mapin Publishing. p. 76. ISBN 978-81-85822-88-4. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

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