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    Nandalal Bose

    Study of Oriental Art - Sketch Book No. 24 11259 Nandalal Bose Pencil on paper

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