Poster

About this object

Cultural context

Contemporary art.

Physical description

Poster depicting a female figure (Goddess Laxmi) with four arms standing against a red background in an oval gold frame. She is dressed in a green sari and gold headdress, and she is standing in a large pink lotus blossom. She holds pink lotus flowers in each upper hand, her lower right hand is in the blessing position with gold coins are falling from it into a bowl sitting on a lotus leaf in the water below her, and the remaining hand is held down with palm facing outwards. Two elephants with raised trunks and gold decorations flank the figure and are standing in water with lotuses floating around them. A second bowl sitting on a lotus leaf in the water contains fruit.