EXHIBITIONS OF DRAWINGS PAINTINGS ENGRAVINGS POTTERY AND LEATHER WORK BY SIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Catalogue of exhibition held at Government School of Art, Calcutta, in February 1931
pp. 34 + 21 plates
6-page foreword by Mukul Dey
6-pageprice list of 265 exhibits by Tagore [Rs 50 to Rs 1,250] and 17 by his son Rathindranath Tagore and daughter-in-law Pratima Devi at the end.
Includes the only work of pottery created by Tagore which is also illustrated.
String-tied, brown-card cover with a plate pasted on cover.
Size 11 x 9 inches
Condition: Covers heavily soiled, front corner torn, another tear without loss, red ink stain on cover, evidence of water-damage to plates but nothing serious. Everything complete and illustrations undamaged inside.
WITH
Flyleaf publicising portofolio TWENTY-FIVE LINOCUTS by Rani Dey [Mukul Dey's sister] loosely inserted. The portfolio was released by Tagore on the occasion of this exhibition.
RARE
SOUVENIR CATALOGUE OMAGGIO A RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Published by Rome-New York Art Foundation in 1959
Text in English and Italian
pp. 95 with illustrations
Stapled Softcover/ size: 10 x 7 inches
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Catalogue of exhibition held at SeibuMuseum of Art, Tokyo in 1988
pp. 139 with 120 works by Tagore reproduced in colour
Text in Japanese with captions in English
Wrappers /11 x 9 inches
With a lovely ticket to the exhibition loosely inserted
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS/ RABINDRANATH - ABANINDRANATH - GAGANENDRANATH AND JYOTIRINDRANATH
Rare catalogue of exhibition held at Jehangir Art Gallery. Bombay, from December 1960 to January 1961
Organised by Tagore Centenary Celebrations Committee under the auspices ofBombay Durga Bari Samiti in cooperation with West Bengal Government and Rabindra-Bharati, Calcutta
pp. 16 stapled catalogue printed in sepia ink
Gives list of plates of each artist and has a 5-page essay on Gaganendranath Tagore by Nirad C. Chaudhuri
RARE
Size: 10 x 7 inches
RABINDRANATH TAGORE - PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
Press kit of exhibition at Barbican Art Gallery, London, in 1986
Printed folder with 8 illustrations + 2 photographs, 2 postcards, 2 photocopies of paintings and a 3-page Press note loosely inserted
Folder 11.5 x 8 inches
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