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Abanindranath Tagore
Accession No . 1865
Artist Name. Abanindranath Tagore
Title. Momtaj
Medium. Water colour and wash on paper
Size. 12.5" x 10.5"
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Art historian R. Siva Kumar places the painting c.1920. It is a visualization of the famous Mughal queen. Abanindranath had done several such paintings from imagination. In Siva Kumar's book, the painting is titled 'Taj Bibi'.The painting was acquired in the NGMA's collection in the year 1961 with title 'Momtaj', however the chronology of Abanindranath Tagore's paintings prepared by artist Benod Behari Mukherji published in Visva Bharti quarterly (May- October 1942) titles this painting as Taj Bibi - Lady with Hubble Bubble.
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