2010.571: A Goat

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2010.571

People

Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)

Title

A Goat

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1937

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/337200

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink on paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 18 × 23 cm (7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
plate: 12.5 × 17 cm (4 15/16 × 6 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left, graphite: 6th print. 22.7.37.
• inscription: lower right, graphite: Nandalal Bose
• inscription: verso, bottom center, graphite: 3 goat
• inscription: verso, top center, Bengali: ৮ (8)
• inscription: in plate, lower right, in reverse: Susul[?], [signature of the artist], 2/5/37 [2 May 1937]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Nandalal Bose, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, (-1966) by inheritance; to his son, Biswarup Bose, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India (1966-1969) gift; to Supratik Bose, grandson of Nandalal Bose, Cambridge, MA, (between 1969-2010) 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 memory of Stuart Cary Welch

Accession Year

2010

Object Number

2010.571

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The etching depicts a large male goat facing right. The goat may be a Gulabi Pateri, which are distinguished by their long ears, large dewlap, and slightly twisted horns, and a protruding nasal ridge.

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