Harvard Art Museums > 2010.570: Untitled (Mountains and Clouds) Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Untitled (Mountains and Clouds) (Nandalal Bose) , 2010.570,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/337199. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
