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Abanindranath Tagore
Accession No . 1156
Artist Name. Abanindranath Tagore
Title. White Honey
Medium. Wash and tempera on paper
Size. 2.5" x 2.5"
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Abanindranath had devised an ingenious way to write in Bengali letters in Arabic style. The title of the painting 'Shwet Madhu' in Bengali written on the bottom border. Between 1910 and 1920, Abanindranath painted many Islamic characters from history. This miniature style portrait could well belong to that period.
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