Untitled (Three Heads - Rajasthan)

Details

MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled (Three Heads - Rajasthan)
signed and dated in Hindi (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 31½ in. (65.1 x 80 cm.)
Painted in 1963

Provenance

Arizona Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003

Literature

M.F. Husain: Early Masterpieces 1950s-70s, exhibition catalogue, Asia House Gallery, 2006, pl. 7 (illustrated, unpaginated)

Exhibited

London, Asia House Gallery, M.F. Husain: Early Masterpieces 1950s-70s, May - August 2006

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Lot Essay

A common theme in Husain's paintings is the village women of rural India. "He captures in their postures and lineaments their distinctive ethos and culture -- the Maharashtrian woman as distinguished from her sister in Kerala, the Rajasthani herdsmen from the Andhra peasant. Not by physiognomy or costume alone are they differentiated, but in their total bearing and presence." (E. Alkazi, M.F. Husain: The Modern Artist and Tradition, New Delhi, 1978, p. 22)

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