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    Nandalal Bose

    Study of Oriental Art - Sketch Book No. 24 11261 Nandalal Bose Pencil on paper

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