Maqbool Fida Husain (B. 1915)
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Maqbool Fida Husain (B. 1915)

Untitled

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Maqbool Fida Husain (B. 1915)
Untitled
Signed lower right in Hindi and Urdu
Watercolor on paper; framed
53½ x 133½ in. (135.75 x 339 cm.)

Lot Essay

This drawing is reminiscent of a series of graphic works titled Passage into Human Space executed by M.F. Husain in the late 1970s. Basing the works on simple geometric forms, Husain traces human movement and evolution through the cycle of life using disparate images of a female tiger, a pregnant woman, and a meditating figure pared down to a tantric symbol.

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