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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.518
People
Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)
Title
Untitled (Sun with Leaping Water)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1961
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/352296

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink with traces of charcoal and incidental red chalk on Asian paper
Dimensions
38.7 x 28 cm (15 1/4 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed: lower right: black ink, Bengali: ২ ১ ৬১ (2 1 61) [2 January 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
2014.518
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two diagonal lines divide this monochromatic ink drawing into wide bands of land, sea, and sky. The dense patterning of the ocean’s surface spills over the horizon line in a wave that appears to leap at the sun. A small figure in the foreground provides a scale for the scene, hinting at the enormous size of the distant wave.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/26/2016 - 11/02/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/31/2022 - 04/17/2023

Verification Level

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