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IN CONVERSATION WITH HUSAIN:
SIGNED BY HUSAIN
In Conversation with Husain: SIGNED BY HUSAIN
EDITOR: Rashda Siddiqui
PUBLISHER: Rohi Rashi Arts' in collaboration with Books
Today
PLACE: New Delhi
YEAR: 2001
BINDING: Hardbound with dust jacket along with a
slipcase
NO.OFPAGES:286 including 236 colour plates and 191
black and white photographic plates
SIZE:
Height: 11.6 in (29.5 cm)
Width: 12.2 in (31 cm)
Depth: 1.5 in (4 cm)
Spanning most of Husain's life. right from the formative
childhood years to hisfilm, Gaja Gamini, which saw
Husain at pinnacle of his creativity, this volume gives
an insight into the personal life of one of the most
celebrated figures of our time. Peppered with interviews,
conversations, amusing anecdotes which bring out
thewarm, mischievious aspect of Husain that very few
know about, this book is a sheer delight from start
to finish, being as it were almost a visual experience
through its intensity and vivid narratives.
'In Conversation with Husain Paintings' also brings
forward an entire range of sketches, paintings,
photographs, poems written both by the author and
Husain - none of which have ever made public, and all
of which enlivens the book to a great extent. We also
get to learn about the influencesthat shaped Husain -
those of his grandfather and friends, his simple growing
up years in his hometown Indore, and hardships faced
as a struggling painter in Bombay.
The writer also allows us to peep into the making of
Husain's best-known series of paintings - the Mother
Teresa series, the Satyajit Ray series and the Umbrella
series. You also get to know what went into his
obsession with Horses and Umbrellas - both of which
have now become almost symbolic of Husain himself.
'In Conversation...' could also double as a travelogue,
detailing as it does, accounts of Husain various sojourns
abroad. Be it China, Montreal, Japan or London, among
other places.
Rs 45,000-Rs 60,000
$695-$925