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NOVEMBER 2016 | THE TIES THAT BIND

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M F HUSAIN

(1913 - 2011)

Untitled

Sketchpen on canvas

44 x 96.75 in (112 x 246 cm)

$ 30,305 - 45,455

Rs 20,00,000 - 30,00,000

This lot is offered at NO RESERVE

PROVENANCE:

Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

Husain’s preoccupation with the horse

developed from his encounter with the animal

at a very young age. As a child, he spent a lot of

time with Acchan Mian, a farrier who was his

grandfather’s friend, and often fixed iron shoes

on

tonga

horses. The animal’s significance

gained an added dimension through the

frequent Muharram processions he witnessed

in Indore. Duldul, the Imam’s horse, was carried

around during the processions as a bedecked

horse, venerated by all. “The meaning of horse

as a symbol and as a motif continues to grow

over the years and acquires resonances that are

not confined only to its formal values or to its

associations with man in activities of war and

peace.” (K Bikram Singh,

Maqbool Fida Husain

,

New Delhi: Rahul & Art, 2008, p. 171)

“Suddenly, a black horse noticed me.

He paused, turned back and said to me,

“Go forth and see the world”.

Indeed it is true.

Seeing the world is to understand one’s own existence.

Husain knows this well.

Hence he never stays at one place for long.”

 M F HUSAIN