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M F HUSAIN
(1913 ‒ 2011)
Untitled (Dancers & Musicians)
Signed in Devnagari (lower right); signed
again, dated and inscribed ‘Husain / 83‒S /
VI’ (on the reverse)
1983
Oil on canvas
38 x 50 in (96.5 x 127 cm)
Rs 1,00,00,000 ‒ 1,50,00,000
$ 149,255 ‒ 223,885
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Norton and Diana Ginsburg
Gift to the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004
Private Collection, New York
According to critic Shiv S Kapur, Husain’s
paintings of musicians were more than
mere representational images, “but Husain’s
purpose in painting them was clearly to
render the spirit of those arts in visual
images... Husain’s interest lay in rendering
sculptural figures in flat surfaces of paint.
In their intertwined and dissolving lines he
also sought the expressive grace of musical
notes...” (Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S
Kapur,
Husain
, New York: Harry N Abrams,
Inc., 1972, p. 42)
M F Husain,
Untitled
, 1960
Saffronart, New Delhi, 10 September 2015, lot 26
Sold at INR 2.16 crores (USD 332,308)