2014.517: Untitled (Low Tide)
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2014.517
- People
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Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)
- Title
- Untitled (Low Tide)
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1961
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/352295
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink with traces of charcoal on Asian paper
- Dimensions
- 38.8 x 28.1 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: signed: lower right: black ink, Bengali: ১৪ ৩ ৬১ (14 3 61) [14 March 1961], 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 1971-2014), 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 Sonya Rhie Quintanilla
- Accession Year
- 2014
- Object Number
- 2014.517
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The restrained lines of this monochromatic ink drawing trace the meeting of a river with its rock-studded bank during calm weather. Dark lines meet at angles that suggest water lapping at the shore, which is indicated by only a few broad brushstrokes of a pale ink wash.
Verification Level
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