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MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (B. 1915)
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MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (B. 1915)

Bronzed Nude

Fermé15 September 2010

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MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (B. 1915)
Bronzed Nude
signed in Hindi (upper right); inscribed 'BRONZED NUDE M.F. HUSAIN J-20, Jungpura extn. New Delhi'; bearing artist's label 'M.F. HUSAIN 73, Warden Road, Bombay 26. Title BRONZED NUDE Year 1961 Size 39" x 25"'; also bearing Kunika Chemould Art Centre label (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 1/8 x 25 in. (99.4 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted in 1961

I bought the painting from New Delhi's Kunika Chemould Gallery in 1967. Husain had painted some half a dozen nudes in the early 1960s, the others all reclining I believe. This one was different. The orientation of the artist's Urdu signature, the way dimensions were listed on the back, and the composition suggested that the figure was standing. Nevertheless, when I had an opportunity to talk with Husain about the painting, he surprised me by choosing to view the piece horizontally. It has been hung both his preferred way and mine over time. (Correspondence with Mr. Peter M. Gardner)