Maqbool Fida Husain (B. 1915)

Untitled (Horses)

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Maqbool Fida Husain (B. 1915)
Untitled (Horses)
Signed and dated lower right: Husain 70; Also signed in Hindi and Urdu
Oil on canvas
20¼ x 23¼ in. (51.4 x 58.9 cm.)

Lot Essay

This composition of intersecting horses has precedents in Mughal and popular Indian painting. The optical illusions were conceived either as animal studies for entertainment, or in some cases for religious use in tantric manuals; see A. Mookerjee and M. Khanna, The Tantric Way: Art, Science, Ritual, London, 1977, p. 135, for an example of the latter type of painting.

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