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Untitled (Picnic on River Bank)
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Five figures sit on three mats spread along a river bank in this monochromatic ink painting. The pots and dishes placed about them suggest that a picnic is underway. A large stand of bamboo sweeps gracefully to the right, countering the leftward rhythms of the river.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
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 1971-2013) gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mary K. Eliot and Supratik Bose in honor of Professor Pramod Chandra George P. Bickford Research Professor of Indian and South Asian Art emeritus Harvard University
Title: Untitled (Picnic on River Bank)
Description:
Five figures sit on three mats spread along a river bank in this monochromatic ink painting.
The pots and dishes placed about them suggest that a picnic is underway.
A large stand of bamboo sweeps gracefully to the right, countering the leftward rhythms of the river.
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