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Pith Worker

Nandalal Bose

Pith Worker 5014 Nandalal Bose Tempera on paper 59.4 x 60.3 cm

"""""""Haripura posters by Nandalal capture moments of everyday Indian village life and culture. In this poster, he has depicted a woman (a pith worker) engaged in the process of peeling the stems of shola pith (it is a dried milky-white spongy plant matter which can be pressed and shaped into delicate and beautiful objects of art) and a child is embracing her from the back. The artist has articulated this picture with earthy colour palette and spontaneous, energetic graphic lines which aptly limn the figure with his personal sensibilities and reflect the affection between a mother and child relationship. """""""