Visualizing the Nation 47. The full list of the pictures is given in Panchanan Mandal, Bharatshilpi Nandalal, Vol. 3, pp. 103-04. 48. This has been emphasized in all writings on Nandalal, particularly in K.G. Subramanyan's article, "Murals of Nandalal Bose', Nandalal Bose, Centenary Volume, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1983, p. 13. 49. Some of the Haripura paintings are used, for example, with Rabindranath's Birpurush. 40 50. These pictures, so far never reproduced, nonetheless made recent history when, in the Allahabad High Court case following the demolition of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya on 6 December 1992, Nandalal's paintings were invoked as 'proof of Ram's authenticity as a "historical' and 'constitutional' figure! 51. Earlier, in 1948, at Jawaharlal Nehru's request, Nandalal had himself designed the various motifs for the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna Awards. 52. Whereas Ravi Varma's paintings remain scattered mainly in Trivandrum, Mysore, Baroda and other royal collections (where they were originally commissioned), and Abanindranath Tagore's remain largely in private holdings and a newly-formed state gallery in West Bengal, the National Gallery of Modern Art's move to acquire the best and the bulk of NandalaFs works on the occasion of his birth centenary (shifting them from Santiniketan to New Delhi) is a clear proclamation of the artist's 'modern' and 'national' status. Journal of Arts &' Ideas