Untitled (Four Figures with Umbrellas during Monsoon)
1959
Artists
Description
With three large umbrellas to shelter from the heavy rains, four villagers walk leftward in this monochrome ink painting. Passing in front of three huts with conical roofs, they cross a muddy path, defined by dilute washes of ink.
Dimensions
31.8 x 48.3 cm (12 1/2 x 19 in.)
Provenance
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.
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