Untitled (Two Serpents in a River)
1961
Artists
Description
Rising above the water level in a river, two snakes face one another against a backdrop of barren hills. The meaning of this image in not clear. It was made during the last decade of Nandalal Bose’s life, when he depicted scenes from nature conjured from memory or imagination.
Dimensions
27.9 x 38.7 cm (11 x 15 1/4 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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