Maqbool Fida Husain
Untitled (Seated Woman with Red Bottle), 1958
Oil on canvas
67.9 x 40.6 cm
26 3/4 x 16 in
26 3/4 x 16 in
Signed and dated 'Husain / 1958' upper right
'There is a phase of Husain's paintings around 1958 in which he deals for the first time with the question of individual identity. It is also at this time that...
"There is a phase of Husain's paintings around 1958 in which he deals for the first time with the question of individual identity. It is also at this time that he began painting portraits of individuals he knew and loved. The predominant images at this time have neither the dress nor the locale, nor the obvious characteristics of a traditional Indian figure. Evidently, he disengages the question of individual identity from that of the cultural identity of an Indian..."
Geeta Kapur, 'Maqbool Fida Husain,' Contemporary Indian Artists, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 1978, p. 124)
Geeta Kapur, 'Maqbool Fida Husain,' Contemporary Indian Artists, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 1978, p. 124)
Provenance
Private Collection of the Vice Consul of Italy in Bombay in the 1950s;
Thence by descent;
Christie's New York, 19 March 2009, lot 1055;
Collection of Virginia & Ravi Akhoury, USA;Private Asian Collection
Exhibitions
London, Phillips X & Grosvenor Gallery, Crossing Borders: Modern Art from South Asia, 10 - 31 July 2025, (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue)London, Grosvenor Gallery at Frieze Masters, South Asian Modernists in Paris, October 2024
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