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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.515
People
Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)
Title
Untitled (Lush Tree and Parched Land)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1961
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/352293

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on Asian paper
Dimensions
39 x 27.8 cm (15 3/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed: upper right: black ink, Bengali: ২৩ ৩ ৬১ (23 3 61) [23 March 1961], signature of the artist
  • seal: upper 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 1971-2014), 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 Sonya Rhie Quintanilla
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.515
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
An expanse of dry land rendered in sharp lines recedes towards a distant horizon in this monochromatic ink drawing. The cracked surface of the parched earth contrasts sharply with the delicate, spherical form of a banyan tree with its limbs gently bowing towards the ground.

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