Rabindranath Tagore
1920
- Medium
- drypoint
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-225769
Poet laureate and first Asian recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature, Tagore (1861–1941) was a leader of the nonviolent movement to free India from British rule. The artist has rendered Tagore’s face with penetrating realism and luxurious textures. In contrast, his body is left as a sketch, giving him an ethereal quality; his hand positions are evocative of the mudras, or symbolic gestures, of Indian holy men or divinities. This portrait was probably made during Tagore’s 1920 visit to London from India to seek support for his new university in Bengal. For Tagore, however, the trip was ove…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.835
Registry history
- 1920 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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