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Lot 365

Maqbol Fida Husain
(India, 1915-2011)
Untitled (Horses),

Amended
8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£170,000 - £250,000

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Maqbol Fida Husain (India, 1915-2011)

Untitled (Horses), oil on canvas, signed lower right, further signed on reverse, framed, 91.4 x 121.9cm (36 x 48in).

Footnotes

This work was executed in 1978.

Provenance: Private Collection, India; acquired from a private collection in 2009, previously acquired from Geeta Art Gallery in the Oberoi hotel in 1978.

The trademark horses depicted by Husain have now become a vital part of Indian art history. After a visit to China in 1952, Husain studied the Sung Dynasty and the significant depiction of horses from Xu Beihong, the President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China. The galloping horses, inflicted with a sense of rage, power and fear began to grow in tandem with Husain's artists visions. When he first began his illustrations of horses, his style was very much influenced by Chinese miniatures, which then developed further by his artist's education. In the 1970's, Husain's horses were incused with more vibrant colours that depicted a range of emotion and illustrated a new impressionistic style of art.

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Please note this work is valued at £170,000 - £250,000.

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