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M F Husain
(1915 - 2011)

Untitled



'The horse as a multidimensional symbolic motif was itself to interest Husain deeply. During his travels in China in 1952 he studied the Sung dynasty renderings of horses. Later, in Europe, whereas he found the Renaissance horses unexciting, he was strongly attracted by Franz Marc’s work and Marino Marini’s archaic equestrian sculpture, with its balance between horizontal and vertical lines to achieve a feeling of solitary and monumental...



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  Lot 4 of 200  

AUCTION DECEMBER 2005
6-8 DECEMBER 2005

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 68,09,009
$154,750

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

M F Husain
Untitled

Signed in Devnagari and English (upper right)
Oil on canvas
35.5 x 23.5 in (90.2 x 59.7 cm)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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