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M F Husain
(1915 - 2011)

Tearing Apart



Suddenly, a black horse noticed me.
He paused, turned back and said to me,
“Go forth and see the world.”
Indeed it is true.
Seeing the world is to understand one’s
own existence.
Husain knows this well.
Hence he never stays at one place for long.

— (Rashda Siddiqui, In Conversation with Husain Paintings, New Delhi: Books Today, 2001, p.114)

The horse was a lifelong source of fascination for M F Husain...



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  Lot 29 of 55  

SPRING LIVE AUCTION
13 MARCH 2024

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Rs 7,02,00,000
$856,098

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ARTWORK DETAILS

M F Husain
Tearing Apart

Signed in Devnagari and Urdu (lower right); inscribed, signed and dated '"TEARING APART"/ Husain/ 70/ B/I' (on the reverse)
1970
Oil on canvas
36 x 72 in (91.5 x 183 cm)

PROVENANCE
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Mumbai

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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