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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2013.169
People
Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)
Title
Untitled (Birds on a Grassy Knoll)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1961
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349802

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink with pastel on Asian paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 45.7 cm (12 x 18 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed: upper right: black ink, Bengali: ১৩ ৫ ৬১ (13 5 61) [13 May 1961], 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
2013.169
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two perching birds give scale and meaning to the dense and abstract mass of brush strokes beneath them, allowing it to be understood as a grassy hillock. This image was created during the last decade of Nandalal Bose’s life, when he depicted scenes from nature conjured from memory or imagination. Grass is suggested by a profusion of energetic dashes and hook-like marks, lightly touched by green pastel.

Verification Level

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