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The One and the Only - The Legend of M.A. Rahman
Chughtai
M. A. Rahman Chughtai (1897-1975)
List of Exhibits
The Chughtai Museum Project
Smiles andTears - Ten Years of Chughtai Museum Trust
Size 10.5 x 8 inches
Chughtai [25 March - 4 April 1987]
9 x 4 inch card of Indus Gallery, blank on the back
The gallery was run by noted Pakistani artist ALI IMAM
[1924-2002]
With this card are included:
Cyclostyled price list of 50 etchings and aquatints by
Chughtai on one side and 39 colour prints on the other,
exhibited at the show related to the above invitation
card. On top the sheet is signed by Ali Imam
Cyclostyled pricelist of paintings by Pakistani artist M. A.
AHED [Mohammed Abdul Ahed, 1919-2001], held at
Indus Gallery from 8 to 16 March 1986
M. A. Rahman Chughtai Exhibition "The unknown
Chughtai" in the Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany Islamabad December 8th to 11th, 1983
Exhibition Catalogue
16-page stapled booklet [including card cover with a
painting 'Face Study' on the cover and 'Theme from
Omar Khayyam' on the back, both by Chughtai]
It has:
2-page essay THE ARTIST OFTHE EAST with a portrait
7-page essay THE BEAUTY OF LINES by Malik Shams,
Retired Curator, Central Museum, Lahore
2-page extracts BEAUTIFUL RHYTHM, PELLUCID
COLOUR - What others have said about M. A. Rahman
Chughtai
2-page list of exhibitsconsisting of 62 works - etchings
and aquatints, pencil sketches, brush outlines and
water-colours.
Size 8 x 6 inches
WITH
A 1991 New Year greeting card of Chughtai Museum
Trust
With cover photo of German President Walter Sheel
being presentedwith a Chughtai watercolour and a
note on the Trust inside, part of which reads that "the
Government of Pakistan has not done anything for
Chughtai Museum in 16 years".
Size 5.25 x 4 inches
CHUGHTAI, A LEGEND IN HIS LIFETIME by Hameed
Zaman
6-page essay with 12 b&w illustrations and 1 colour
painting on cover of complete issue of 'Pakistan
Pictorial' for January-February 1975 published in the
month after his death.
THE GENTLE ART OF CHUGHTAI by W. K. Bhatty
4-page essay with 5 colour illustrations in complete
issue of Hong Kong journal 'Orientations' for June 1973
Rs 2,00,000-Rs 2,50,000
$3,080-$3,850