a)
CHITRALIPI 2 [by] RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Published by Visva-Bharati, Calcutta
1951 [First Edition]
2-page essay 'My Pictures' with Tagore's signatures printed at the end.
15 tipped-in colour plates without captions.
Hardback with dustjacket which has a colour plate pasted on front.
Dustjacket spine is torn.
12 x 9.5 inches
b)
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ON ART & AESTHETICS
A selection of lectures, essays and letters
New Delhi: Published by Orient Longmans for Inter-National Cultural Centre
1961
pp. vii, 113 + 8 plates
Hardback with dustjacket
Size 8.5 x 5.5 inches
CONDITION: Good ex-library copy from Indian embassy in Buenos Aires.
c)
THE MEANING OF ART
By Rabindranath Tagore.br.New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi
1983
pp. 23 with 3 Tagore drawings in text and a photographic portrait pasted inside
Softcover / 7 x 5 inches
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