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Bull Fighter; one of the "Haripura posters"
Nandalal Bose (Indian, 1882–1966)
Indian
1937
Medium/Technique
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 63.5 x 59.7 cm (25 x 23 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Keith McLeod Fund
Accession Number2013.879
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
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)