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    Nandalal Bose

    Sketch from Sketch Book No.24 11159 Nandalal Bose Pencil on paper

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Nandalal preferred drawing from life, often sketching outdoors with the subject being life, nature studies, landscapes, figure drawings and animals. The above sketch is a perceptible representation of an Assyrian warrior by the artist, is depicted in profile carrying war equipment's. The composition is rendered with linear, firm yet fluid pencil strokes articulating the stiff, standing posture and suggesting the demeanour of the subject.