ABANINDRANATH TAGORE (1871-1951)
ABANINDRANATH TAGORE (1871-1951)

Mahatma Gandhi, The Spinner of a Nation’s Destiny

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ABANINDRANATH TAGORE (1871-1951)
Mahatma Gandhi, The Spinner of a Nation’s Destiny
signed in Bengali with artist's seal (centre right)
watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper laid on cloth
14 7⁄8 x 11 7⁄8 in. (37.8 x 30.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1922
Provenance
The Collection of Shukla Rupkrishna, Lahore
Private International Collection
Indar Pasricha Fine Arts, London
Acquired from the above, circa 1990s
Literature
S. Zimand, ‘New Group Challenges Gandhi As He Fasts’, The New York Times, 5 October 1924, p. 5 (illustrated)
R.M. Gray and M.C. Parekh, Builders of Modern India, Mahatma Gandhi, Calcutta, 1931, p. 80 (illustrated)
R.Parimoo, Art of Three Tagores: From Revival to Modernity, New Delhi, 2011, p. 223 (illustrated)

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