2013.165: Untitled (Hill with Shrubs)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2013.165

People

Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)

Title

Untitled (Hill with Shrubs)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1960

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/349798

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on Asian paper

Dimensions

30.5 x 45.7 cm (12 x 18 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: signed: center right: black ink, Bengali: ১১.৩.৬০ (11.3.60) [11 March 1960], 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 1971-2013), 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

2013.165

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This spare and evocative monochrome ink painting depicts a hilly landscape dotted with vegetation.

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