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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.570
People
Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)
Title
Untitled (Mountains and Clouds)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1954
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337199

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on Asian paper
Dimensions
21.6 x 31.1 cm (8 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed: lower right: black ink, Bengali: ৪.৭.৫৪. (4.7.54.) [4 July 1954], signature of the artist
  • seal: lower right: rectangular, red, intaglio seal of the artist

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nandalal Bose, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, (-1966) by inheritance; to his son, Biswarup Bose, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India (1966-1969 to 1971) gift; to Supratik Bose, grandson of Nandalal Bose, Cambridge, MA, (between 1969 and 1971-2010) gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mary K. Eliot and Supratik Bose in honor of John M. Rosenfield
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.570
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This painting of mountain peaks surrounded by clouds attests to Nandalal Bose’s enduring interest in Japanese painting techniques, which he learned from Japanese artists visiting the Government School of Art in Calcutta between 1905 and 1907. The cloud and mountain forms take shape through two techniques foreign to Indian painting traditions: diluting the ink, which creates washes of gray like those at the upper right, and modulating the pressure of the brush to create the saturated tones and drier textures of the rock face.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/26/2016 - 11/02/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/31/2022 - 04/17/2023

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