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    Nandalal Bose

    An Anatomical study from Sketch Book No. 15 10801 Nandalal Bose Pencil on paper

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This detailed anatomical sketch by Nandalal depicts the skeletal structure of the fore-arm (as the inscriptions suggest), clearly labelled with each of its parts. The artist wanted to synthesise artistic visual expression with scientific fact and hence engaged with such minute attention to the form. He has here studied the structure of the human fore-arm to lend authenticity to his figurative renditions.