Ajit Kumar Das
Gabhi (The Cows)

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Gabhi (The Cows)
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ArtistIndian, born 1957
CultureIndian
Titles
  • Gabhi (The Cows)
Date1996
MediumCotton, natural dyes, and mordants
Dimensions69 5/16 × 50 11/16 in. (176 × 128.8 cm)
Mount: 78 9/16 × 59 7/16 in. (199.5 × 151 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2023.118
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ProvenanceThe artist, Kolkata, India; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in black at lower right: Ajit Kumar Das, 96 [cursive]
Verso: [none]
Recto: Signed in black at lower right: Ajit Kumar Das [cursive]
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