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Rabindranath Tagore
Accession No . 986
Artist Name. Rabindranath Tagore
Title. Human Figure
Medium. Ink on paper
Size. 11" x 8.75"
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Although undated, this monochromatic figure drawing belongs to the early part of his oeuvre, certainly before 1932. Art historian Ratan Parimoo describes a favourite device of Rabindranath to integrate figure and ground. The painter covers the figure in vigorous strokes of black ink and the background is covered similarly leaving the white outline of the figure untouched, a portion of the ground is also left unpainted to make the figure stand out. This painting shows a similar device. Art historian R. Siva Kumar dates this work to c.1920-30 and gives it s descriptive title Seated Figure and notes the medium as 'coloured ink on paper'.
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