LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor and wash on card

Measurements:

10.12 in. (25.70 cm.) (height) by 7.87 in. (20.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed in Bengali and bearing personal seal of the artist (center left); further signed in Bengali (on the reverse)

Literature:

Mukel Dey, 'Abanindranath Tagore: A Survey of the Master's Life and Work', Visva-Bharati Quarterly, May - Oct. 1942 (illustrated). E. B. Havell, The Art Heritage of India: Comprising Indian Sculpture and Painting and Ideals of Indian Art, Bombay, revised edition, 1964, plate 71. W. Kazuo, 'Study of the Bengal Renaissance: Abanindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose', Sansai, Tokyo, 1971, p. 13 (illustrated). R. Parimoo, Art of Three Tagores, New Delhi, 2011, p. 196 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Formerly from the collection of Nandalal Bose. Thence by descent.