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    Nandalal Bose

    A Sketch from Album No. 91 9332 Nandalal Bose Pen and ink and pencil on postcard

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Nandalal preferred drawing from life, often sketching outdoors with the subject being life, nature studies, landscape, figure drawings and animals. In this postcard, he has study the anatomy of various birds with rough pencil lines. He has swiftly executed the sketch using simple and loose strokes of ink, darkening the outlines to highlight its form.