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Maqbool Fida Husain

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled (Head and Torso), 1954
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled (Head and Torso), 1954
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled (Head and Torso), 1954 A similar work published in: Maqbool Fida Husain, by Harry N Abrams, INC Publishers, New York
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled (Head and Torso), 1954 Still from the film 'Through the Eyes of a Painter', 1967, as shown on Page 58 of Maqool Fida Husain, by Harry N Abrams INC Publishers, New York

Maqbool Fida Husain

Untitled (Head and Torso), 1954
Oil pastel on paper
41.3 x 32 cm
16 1/4 x 12 5/8 in
Signed and dated 'Husain '54' lower right, Chemould Gallery label to reverse
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled (Dancing Ganesh), 2004
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled (Dancing Ganesh), 2004
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled (Dancing Ganesh), 2004
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled (Dancing Ganesh), 2004
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Provenance

Purchased from Kunika-Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi by Douglas and Valerie Coombs;
Thence by descent;
Grosvenor Gallery, London

The Coombs lived in Bombay from 1967 to 1973 where Douglas was a British Council representative.

Exhibitions

The Nude in Indian Art, From the Antique to Independence, Frieze Masters,

The Regent's Park, London, 13 - 17 October 2021

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