Lot 73: GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE (1867-1938)

GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE (1867-1938)
My Love of My Country is as Big as I am; By the Sweat of My Brow I Tried to be Mistaken for a Shahel but Still That Man Calls Me Baboo
inscribed in Bengali (upper center); further inscribed 'My love of my country is as big as I am' (lower left); signed 'G. Tagore' (lower left); inscribed in Bengali and further inscribed 'By the sweat of my brow I tried to be mistaken for a Shahel but still that man calls me Baboo' (lower left)
pen and ink on paper
14 5/8 x 10 in. (37.1 x 25.4 cm.) each
Two works on paper
2 (2)

P. Mitter, Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850-1922, Cambridge, 1994, p.174
R. Parimoo, The Art of the Three Tagores: From Revival to Modernity, New Delhi, 2011, pp. 375-376 (one illustrated)
Art of Bengal, exhibition catalogue, Delhi Art Gallery, 2005, p. 112 (one illustrated)

Acquired by the previous owner while travelling in India
Thence by descent