Bull Fighter; one of the "Haripura posters"
Nandalal Bose
(Indian, 1882–1966)
1937
(not assigned)Santiniketan, Bengal, India
Medium/TechniqueTempera on paper
DimensionsOverall: 63.5 x 59.7 cm (25 x 23 1/2 in.)
Credit LineKeith McLeod Fund
Accession number2013.879
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Provenance1937, commissioned by Mohandas K. Gandhi for the 1938 Indian National Congress Party meeting, Haripura, India; retained by the artist and passed by descent to his grandson, Supratik Bose, Cambridge, MA; September 17, 2013, Supratik Bose collection sale, Christie’s, New York, lot 2, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)
Nandalal Bose
possibly 1946
Unidentified artist, British, fourth quarter 18th century
1775–1799
