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M F Husain
(1915 - 2011)

That Obscure Object of Desire (7)



Throughout his artistic career, M.F. Husain has been enamoured by the idea of 'cinema' and everything it stands for. The artist's own associations with the genre range from his early days in Mumbai as a cinema billboard painter and the personal friendships he forged with directors like Roberto Rossellini, Ingmar Bergman and Pier Paolo Pasolini, to the several films that he made himself, including 'Through the Eyes of a Painter', which won him a...



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  Lot 49 of 85  

SUMMER ART AUCTION
19-20 JUNE 2013

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M F Husain
That Obscure Object of Desire (7)

Signed in English (verso)
c. 1980s
Acrylic on canvas
29 x 38.5 in (73.7 x 97.8 cm)

PROVENANCE:
From a Private Collection, Canada

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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