Maqbool Fida Husain (1913 - 2011)

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

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Description

Maqbool Fida Husain
Lady Playing a Veena
Signed and dated 'Husain 23.III.'89' upper right
Oil on canvas
24 by 36 in. (60.9 by 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1989

Provenance

Acquired from a private gallery, Hyderabad

Catalogue Note

The musician and sitar player are instantly recognizable leitmotifs for the artist. Throughout his life, Husain painted a number of works related to Indian classical music and dance. Ragamala paintings in the classical tradition are visual interpretations of Indian musical modes, each raga relating to a specific emotion. The moods of lovers and the precise erotic flavours of each meeting are expressed through colour, form and symbols which themselves relate to classical Indian music and literature.