NANDALAL BOSE (1882-1966)

Untitled (Goat)

Details

NANDALAL BOSE (1882-1966)
Untitled (Goat)
signed 'Nandalal Bose' (lower right); inscribed '1st Print' (lower left); further signed and inscribed in Bengali and dated '22.7.37' (on the reverse)
etching on paper
5 x 6 5/8 in. (12.7 x 16.8 cm.) plate; 7 1/8 x 9¼ in. (18.1 x 23.5 cm.) sheet
Executed in 1937

Provenance

Formerly from the collection of the artist
Thence by descent
Another edition in the collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University and San Diego Museum of Art.

Literature

W. Kazuo, 'Study of the Bengal Renaissance: Abanindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose', Sansai, Tokyo, 1971, p. 24 (another from the edition illustrated)
R. L. Bartholomew, ed., Nandalal Bose: A Collection of Essays, New Delhi, 1983, pl. 34 (another from the edition illustrated)
S. R. Quintanilla, ed., Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose, exhibition catalogue, Singapore, 2008, p. 153 (another from the edition illustrated)

Exhibited

San Diego and Philadelphia, San Diego Museum of Art and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose, 2008 (another from the edition)

Lot Essay

"Created in 1937, this remarkably sensitive image of a goat evokes the patience and forbearance of the humble people of India's rural communities and embodies the ideals of Gandhi espoused by Nandalal. Nandalal executed numerous studies of quotidian aspects of village life, including goats, a constant fixture in the Santal villages near Santiniketan.

He experimented with different media, including a variety of printmaking techniques that were being actively pursued at Kala Bhavan. The emphasis on the technical skill of line drawing necessary to create etchings appealed to Nandalal, and he produced several suberp series of etchings during the mid-1930s." (Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose, exhibition catalogue, Singapore, 2008,
p. 153)

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