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Maqbool Fida Husain (1915-2011)
Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
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Description
- Maqbool Fida Husain
- Untitled
- Signed in Urdu lower right
- Watercolor and ink on paper
- 19 3/4 27 1/2 in. (50.2 by 69.8 cm)
Catalogue Note
Inscribed by Husain in Urdu on the reverse:
"Fragrance of flowers, the story of the heart, the shining lamp in any company; But how distressed he is for having been ousted from her Mehfil, the circle of her friends and admirers."
Poem by 19th century poet Mirza Ghalib, Translated by Sahar Bandial
"Fragrance of flowers, the story of the heart, the shining lamp in any company; But how distressed he is for having been ousted from her Mehfil, the circle of her friends and admirers."
Poem by 19th century poet Mirza Ghalib, Translated by Sahar Bandial