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    Nandalal Bose

    A Sketch from Album No. 96 9426 Nandalal Bose Pen & Ink on postcard

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Nandalal is known to have fervently sketched on postcard sized papers mostly using ink and brush, recording of his surroundings. The above sketch depicts Sudhir Basu, photographing, as the inscription suggests. The composition is rendered with bold, linear ink strokes delineating the facial features and the contours of the subject. The fluid yet firm handling of the lines