Untitled (Wood Collectors Near Forest)

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Description

Tall, slender trees bow in a rightward wind as if they were blades of grass in this monochromatic ink drawing. Only a cluster of tiny human figures carrying bundles suggests their great height. The overlap of straight and curved lines conveys the wind’s power and unpredictability as it drives away what appear to be round clouds of whitish smoke.

Dimensions

48.3 x 31 cm (19 x 12 3/16 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 1971-2014), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.