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Materials:

tempera on paper

Measurements:

25.00 in. (63.50 cm.) (height) by 23.50 in. (59.70 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed in Bengali and bearing personal seal of the artist (lower right); further bearing Visvabharati Kalabhavan and artist labels 'ORIGINAL PAINTING OF NANDALAL BOSE SANTINIKETAN, BIRBHUM WEST BENGAL, INDIA 1937 Bull Fighter' (on the reverse)

Literature:

S. R. Quintanilla, 'Beyond the Bengal School: Nationalism and Culture Regeneration in the Art of Nandalal Bose', Orientations, Hong Kong, 2008, p. 145 (illustrated). S. Bandyopadhyay, ed., Pratikshan Essays in the Arts 1: Bengal Art New Perspectives, Kolkata, 2010, p. 6 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Formerly from the collection of the artist. Thence by descent.