Sale 1409
New York
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23 September 2004
Price realised
USD 77,675
Estimate
Maqbool Fida Husain (b. 1915) Nudes Signed and dated 'Husain 1962' upper right and inscribed 'No: 5 NUDES by M.F. Husain' on reverse Oil on canvas 34 1/8 x 28 3/8 in. (86.6 x 72 cm.)
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Literature
Richard Bartholomew and Shiv Kapur, Husain, New York, 1986, pl. 97., illustrated.
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