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The Doll`s Wedding is strongly influenced by the imagery of folk India. In this painting, Husain recreates an imaginary wedding of "dolls" as enacted by young children. The music, dance, and celebratory aspects of a traditional wedding are captured by the juxtaposition of figures and the play of colors. The red background symbolizes the joyous and auspicious nature of the ceremony and the figures form both, the procession of the wedding... The Doll`s Wedding is strongly influenced by the imagery of folk India. In this painting, Husain recreates an imaginary wedding of "dolls" as enacted by young children. The music, dance, and celebratory aspects of a traditional wedding are captured by the juxtaposition of figures and the play of colors. The red background symbolizes the joyous and auspicious nature of the ceremony and the figures form both, the procession of the wedding party, as well as the children enacting this traditional ceremony.
"Above all else, it was the line that was Husain`s strongest element and he used it with a bounding energy in his work. The deft strokes that came from an early acquaintance with calligraphy now encased the figure in simple, economic points of intersection."
(Yashodhara Dalmia, The Making of Modern Indian art - the Progressives)

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