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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2013.166
People
Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)
Title
Untitled (Four Figures with Umbrellas during Monsoon)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1959
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349799

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink with traces of charcoal on Asian paper
Dimensions
31.8 x 48.3 cm (12 1/2 x 19 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed: upper right: black ink, Bengali: ১১.৬.৫৯. (11.6.59.) [11 June 1959], 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 1971-2013), 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
2013.166
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
With three large umbrellas to shelter from the heavy rains, four villagers walk leftward in this monochrome ink painting. Passing in front of three huts with conical roofs, they cross a muddy path, defined by dilute washes of ink.

Verification Level

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