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NANDALAL BOSE | Untitled (Preparatory sketch of Charles Freer Andrews)
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3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- Nandalal Bose
- Untitled (Preparatory sketch of Charles Freer Andrews)
- Pencil on paper
- 8 ½ x 4 ½ in. (21.5 x 11.4 cm.)
Provenance
Private Collection
Acquired from the above in 1971
Acquired from the above in 1971
Exhibited
Toronto, University of Toronto, Life & Times of Rabindranath Tagore, 11 - 22 November 2005
Catalogue Note
This is the preparatory sketch of Charles Freer Andrews in a prayer position by Nandalal Bose. The final sketch is in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Andrews (1871 - 1940) was a Christian missionary, educator and social reformer in India, where he became a close friend of both Mahatma Gandhi and poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore. He lived in India from 1904 until his demise in 1940.