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Maqbool Fida Husain (India, b. 1915)
Krishna
signed 'Husain' (upper left)
acrylic on canvas
52 x 123in. (132 x 313cm.)

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Maqbool Fida Husain illustrates the popular story of Krishna subjugating the demon Kaliya in this painting. Hindu iconography repeatedly surfaces in Husain's art and the artist employs a continuous narrative technique, popular in Indian miniature painting.

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