Sir Muirhead Bone. 1876-1953.
Rabindranath Tagore. 1920. Drypoint. Dodgson 371.ii. 9 5/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 15 1/8 x 11 15/16). Edition of 101 in this state (total edition 103). An exceptionally rich proof with plate tone, printed on simili-Japan paper. Monogrammed 'MB' in the upper and lower center margins and inscribed 'B' in the upper right-hand corner denoting a proof reserved for the artist. Monogrammed 'S.B.' indicating a proof owned by the artist's son, Stephen Bone. Annotated 'II' in the lower left corner indicating the state and '1' in the lower right sheet corner indicating the first proof in this state. Signed in pencil. $850.
Levon West. 1900-1968.
Sir Rabindranath Tagore. c. 1939. Drypoint. 13 3/4 x 7 1/8 (sheet 17 3/16 x 11 3/4). An extremely rich impression with plate tone printed on simili-Japan paper by the artist himself. Signed, titled and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $450.
[Meditation]. Linoleum cut. 7 x 9 inches (framed 16 x 19 1/4). A rich impression printed on fibrous brown paper. Signed in ink. Framed and glazed. $3,000.
Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: Rabindranath Thakur) 1861 – 1941, was was a Bengali poet from India, Brahmo Samaj (syncretic Hindu monotheist) philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist whose avant-garde works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A celebrated cultural icon of Bengal, he became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was knighted, but disowned his knighthood in 1919 in progest to an incident in which British troops fired upon Punjab rioters.
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