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Untitled (Birds on a Grassy Knoll)

Untitled (Birds on a Grassy Knoll)

1882 - 1966

Nandalal Bose

Indian

Two perching birds give scale and meaning to the dense and abstract mass of brush strokes beneath them, allowing it to be understood as a grassy hillock. This image was created during the last decade of Nandalal Bose’s life, when he depicted scenes from nature conjured from memory or imagination. Grass is suggested by a profusion of energetic dashes and hook-like marks, lightly touched by green pastel.

Black ink with pastel on Asian paper

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