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M F Husain
(1915 - 2011)

Untitled (Village Scenes)



“All forms of art are born from one’s roots.” - M F HUSAIN

M F Husain has earned a significant position in the canon of Indian art by establishing a new idiom in modernism that was contemporary in its outlook and yet in its essence grounded in classical Indian art, mythology, and Indian life. He became, in art historian Yashodhara Dalmia’s words, “a legend in his lifetime, a man who delivers the common man from the ordinariness of...



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  Lot 55 of 130  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION
26-27 JUNE 2024

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M F Husain
Untitled (Village Scenes)

Signed and dated 'Husain./ 1958' (centre right)
1958
Oil on canvas
38.75 x 89.75 in (98.5 x 228 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist, circa late 1950s
Thence by descent
Collection of a diplomat's family
Christie's, New York, 22 March 2023, lot 537
Acquired from the above

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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