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Jamini Roy
Accession No . 3073
Artist Name. Jamini Roy
Title. Sketch
Medium. Pen and ink on paper
Size. 11.8 x 17.2 cm
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The large number of sketches and drawings in the NGMA collection give evidence of the distinctive way in which Jamini Roy structured his figures. Each figure is created by assembling a set of body parts which are broken down into simple forms only to be reclaimed as a whole. In this particular sketch the space is divided into three horizontal parts. The topmost part shows three standing figures. The middle panel shows two birds and a standing figure in the middle, while the bottom panel shows two cows, one on each side of a flowering plant in the middle. The space division of this pastoral scene is inspired by the concept of space division in the vertical scroll paintings of Bengal and the narrative modes used in the temple friezes of the region.
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