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Tassaduque Sohail (Pakistan, b. 1930) Beauty and the Beast
oil on paper laid down on board, signed and dated '82 lower left, framed 15.5 x 20 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in the 1980s.
The 1970s and 1980s were amongst the strongest periods of Sohail's work. Here 'the beast' in the shape of a mythical animal symbolises the frightful power of man and the involuntary collusion of women with them, which was a favoured theme of his.
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