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A Sketch from Album No. 85

Nandalal Bose

A Sketch from Album No. 85 9181 Nandalal Bose Pen & Ink on postcard

Nandalal's exploration of the different ways of delineating a line allowed him to experiment in representation of lines in its varying forms adding rhythm, vigour and life to the form of the figures. This particular pen and ink drawing illustrates two women carrying pitchers executed in thick contours. The fluid handling of the line and their strong delineation in the calligraphic style adds grace and spirit to the form of the village women. The folds of the drapes, their coiffures, ornaments and their implements have been keenly observed by the artist in the sketch. Dinkar Kowshik in his book, 'Nandalal Bose: The Doyen of Indian Art', writes- "Drawing was a definition, a distillation of form. Through line several individual variations of form were brought together, condensed, simplified and expressed in a general, universal statement."