2014.519: Untitled (Wood Collectors Near Forest)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.519

People

Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)

Title

Untitled (Wood Collectors Near Forest)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1959

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/352297

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink with traces of charcoal on Asian paper

Dimensions

48.3 x 31 cm (19 x 12 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: signed: center right: black ink, Bengali: ৭.৫.৫৯ (7.5.59) [7 May 1959], signature of the artist
• seal: center 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

2014.519

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Tall, slender trees bow in a rightward wind as if they were blades of grass in this monochromatic ink drawing. Only a cluster of tiny human figures carrying bundles suggests their great height. The overlap of straight and curved lines conveys the wind’s power and unpredictability as it drives away what appear to be round clouds of whitish smoke.

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