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Attributed to Nandlal Bose

Lot No. 9: Attributed to Bose, Nandlal

A Beautiful sketch of a lady

  • Medium: Water color on paper, laid on card
  • Year: 1952
  • Size: 22.8 x 18.8 inches

Winning Bid : ₹ 2,12,652

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Estimate

 1,00,000 -  2,00,000


Estimate US$

1200-2400

Ends at Oct 11, 2023 07:08 PM IST

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Attributed to Bose, Nandlal

A Beautiful sketch of a lady

Signed by Artist

Size: Image size: 16.3 x 12.5 inches, Mount size: 19.7 x 15.5 inches, Frame size: 22.8 x 18.8 inches

Signed and dated 1.7.52 in Bangla with his monogram-seal.

Sketched in the style of an Indian sculpture, created like a sepia toned insignia, Sketch of a lady is a work of multiple proportions and perspectives. In the arts of India, scrutinized from a cognitive and linguistic perspective, the great pedagogue from Santiniketan Nandlal Bose saw two discrete approaches. One of these was concerned with volumetric apprehension of forms and was monumental in concept and expression. And this encompassed both sculptural reliefs and murals of Ajanta and Bagh. The other approach was more decorative in orientation, and combined flat colours and graphic rendering of forms.

This he thought found expression in different stylistic idioms and had a greater Pan-Asian compass. This sketch in its pure form is not just monochromatic but it could be seen in conjunction with the decorative traditions of the Indian sculptural movements. Keeping this in mind he also explored where and how these distinct approaches could meet in his own practice especially after he took charge of the art institution at Santiniketan. This sketch exemplifies his search and quest for studying the human figure in myriad hues.

Leaving behind the historicist tendencies of the first fifteen years of his work Nandalal began to move towards an exploration of visual conventions at the beginning of the nineteen-twenties. This work can be described as an application of the style of Ajanta-which he had begun to use from around 1910 after a visit to Ajanta-to a more secular subject matter. The beauty of the work lies in the modelling and more flattening and decorativeness in it. This can be read as an attempt to find a middle ground between the modelled and monumental traditions on the one hand and the flat and decorative traditions of representation on the other.

The little embellishments on the feminine figure has about it an animated rendering, and is in the idiom of classical trends in form and figurative graphics. Nandlal's love for creating art lay in his vocabulary of the choice of motifs and the juxtaposition of styles pointing to his lexicon of linguistic as well as visual art grammar and indices that captured his interest. That they were not done using the techniques that were humble, like this watercolour on paper laid on card and sketched with a pen.

Provenance: Collection of Gentleman.

Very Good Condition

Keywords: Sketch,
Very Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0169 177210.00 Regular 11-10-2023 07:10:12 PM IST
2 anon0119 161100.00 Regular 11-10-2023 07:10:12 PM IST
3 anon0169 146410.00 Regular 11-10-2023 04:10:19 PM IST
4 anon0246 133100.00 Regular 11-10-2023 04:10:19 PM IST
5 anon0169 121000.00 Regular 11-10-2023 01:10:51 AM IST
6 anon0144 110000.00 Regular 11-10-2023 01:10:51 AM IST
7 anon0144 99000.00 Regular 10-10-2023 01:10:44 PM IST
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