2013.167: Untitled (Picnic on River Bank)
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2013.167
- People
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Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)
- Title
- Untitled (Picnic on River Bank)
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1959
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/349800
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink on Asian paper
- Dimensions
- 30.2 x 45.4 cm (11 7/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: signed: lower right, black ink, Bengali: ৩১ ১২.৫৯ (31 12.59) [31 December 1959], 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 1971-2013), 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 Professor Pramod Chandra, George P. Bickford Research Professor of Indian and South Asian Art, emeritus, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 2013
- Object Number
- 2013.167
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Five figures sit on three mats spread along a river bank in this monochromatic ink painting. The pots and dishes placed about them suggest that a picnic is underway. A large stand of bamboo sweeps gracefully to the right, countering the leftward rhythms of the river.
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
Verification Level
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