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Rabindranath Tagore (Blue): M.24-2023

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Rabindranath Tagore (Blue)

Maker(s)

Macuga, Goshka

Entities

Categories

Description

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941, Kolkata, India) was a Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter who introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature.

Notes

History note: The artist; purchased from Kate MacGarry, London by the Contemporary Art Society through its Collections Fund at Frieze, October 2023; presented to The Fitzwilliam Museum, 2023

Legal notes

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society through the Collections Fund at Frieze, 2023/24

Measurements and weight

Depth: 30 cm
Height: 62 cm
Width: 25 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2023) by Contemporary Art Society

Dating

21st Century
Production date: AD 2020

Materials used in production

Jesmonite
Plaster

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.24-2023
Primary reference Number: 313334
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 November 2023 Updated: Monday 5 August 2024 Last processed: Saturday 22 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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