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UNTITLED (Lady with Lamp), ca. 1960
Oil on canvas
49 ¾ x 35 ¾ inches
Collection of Asha and Rajeev Motwani
Photo: Courtesy Sotheby’s, Inc
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| Maqbool Fida Husain |
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Born 1915, Pundharpur, Maharashtra, India
Died 2011 in London |
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| This painting exemplifies Maqbool Fida Husain’s early work, which features robust peasant women. Husain demonstrated his signature style: an earthy palette and a dramatically fractured human figure. The color scheme derives from that of Indian miniatures, and the jagged, expressionistic lines evoke the work of European modernists such as Max Beckmann. |
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