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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.519
People
Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)
Title
Untitled (Wood Collectors Near Forest)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1959
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/352297

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink with traces of charcoal on Asian paper
Dimensions
48.3 x 31 cm (19 x 12 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed: center right: black ink, Bengali: ৭.৫.৫৯ (7.5.59) [7 May 1959], signature of the artist
  • seal: center 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
2014.519
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tall, slender trees bow in a rightward wind as if they were blades of grass in this monochromatic ink drawing. Only a cluster of tiny human figures carrying bundles suggests their great height. The overlap of straight and curved lines conveys the wind’s power and unpredictability as it drives away what appear to be round clouds of whitish smoke.

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