Banalata Sen is a Bengali poem written in 1942 by the poet Jibanananda Das that is one of the most read, recited, and discussed poems in Bengali literature. The title of this lyric poem is a female character referred to by name in the last line of each of its three stanzas. The cover illustrations of Jibanananda Das’s Bonolata Sen (1952) are subversive tributes to Rabindranath Tagore’s paintings of the stylized female face, although the treatment is radically different to be in consonance with the contents of the respective books. The texture created by the grey, neat lines in Bonolata Sen cleverly uses negative space to flesh out the contour of a mysterious woman, peering from behind the foliage, which is repeated to form a shroud-like pattern in the background. The slightly granular texture of the woman’s dark face is subtly different from the spaced-out, vertically aligned, wave-like texture of the foliage, with the hint of an umbilical connection between the earthiness of the woman and nature still evident.

In "Bonolata Sen," the clever use of negative space and precise grey lines creates a textured effect. It brings to life the contour of a mysterious woman peeking through foliage, which forms a shroud-like pattern in the background. The woman's slightly granular dark face contrasts with the spaced-out, vertically aligned, wave-like texture of the foliage. Yet, there remains a subtle connection between the earthiness of the woman and the presence of nature, hinting at an umbilical bond.