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.
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Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: Rabindranath Thakur). May 7, 1861 – August 7, 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.
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