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    Nandalal Bose

    Study of Oriental Art - Sketch Book No. 24 11256 Nandalal Bose Pencil on paper

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In this pencil sketch, the eighth of a series of ten sketches of elephants in the album, Nandalal has studied the head of an elephant in frontal profile. The artist has swiftly executed the sketch using simple and loose strokes, darkening the lines around the face to highlight its form.