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M F Husain
(1915 - 2011)

Untitled



"Art has to evolve from your very being, like my horses... I see them as ageless and immortal." - M F HUSAIN

Husain references the terracotta folk traditions of Bankura and cave art in the present lot. "I have not seen these wild animals in the jungle. I have seen them imprisoned in stone on the walls of Khajuraho, Konark, Mahabalipuram - the temples of medieval India." (K Bikram Singh, Maqbool Fida Husain, New Delhi:...



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  Lot 23 of 69  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
20 SEPTEMBER 2018

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 72,00,000
$100,699

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

M F Husain
Untitled

Signed 'Husain' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
35.75 x 24 in (91 x 60.8 cm)

PROVENANCE:
Saffronart, 18-19 June 2008, lot 93
Acquired from the above

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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