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M F HUSAIN
(1913 ‒ 2011)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'HUSAIN 53' (upper right)
1953
Gouache, oil and marker on paper pasted on paper
20.5 x 16.25 in (52 x 41 cm)
Rs 20,00,000 ‒ 30,00,000
$ 31,750 ‒ 47,620
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist, 1950
Private Collection of the Registrar of the Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Thence by descent
Christie's, Mumbai, 15 December 2015, lot 11
Private Collection, New Delhi
"Where women are honored,
divinity blossoms there."
Translation of the couplet from the
Manusmruti
, which Raza has incorporated into the painting.
46
S H RAZA
(1922 ‒ 2016)
Nari
Signed and dated ' RAZA '98' (lower centre);
signed, dated and inscribed 'RAZA/ 1998/
"NARI"' and inscribed again in Devnagari
(on the reverse)
1998
Acrylic on canvas
47.25 x 23.5 in (120 x 60 cm)
Rs 90,00,000 ‒ 1,20,00,000
$ 142,860 ‒ 190,480
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
Saffronart, Bangalore, 15 April 2015, lot 15