2014.517: Untitled (Low Tide)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.517

People

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

• 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.

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