Important Notice

Women have been a central motif in Husain's art, through whose form he explores "the nature and drama of reality" by painting them in diverse moods and settings. (Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S Kapur, Husain, New York: Harry N Abrams, Inc., 1972, p. 36) Their forms and postures are often reminiscent of classical Indian art and dance, as well as ancient sculptures. "One reason why I went back to the Gupta period of sculpture was to study... Women have been a central motif in Husain's art, through whose form he explores "the nature and drama of reality" by painting them in diverse moods and settings. (Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S Kapur, Husain, New York: Harry N Abrams, Inc., 1972, p. 36) Their forms and postures are often reminiscent of classical Indian art and dance, as well as ancient sculptures. "One reason why I went back to the Gupta period of sculpture was to study the human form - when the British ruled we were taught to draw a figure with the proportions from Greek and Roman sculpture... In the East, the human form is an entirely different structure." (Artist quoted in Yashodhara Dalmia, "A Metaphor for Modernity," The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 102) The present lot is a vertical composition depicting a seated woman lost in reverie, and the drama and emotion of the composition are highlighted through the juxtaposition of earth tones with patches of fiery yellow and vermillion red.

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