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MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1913-2011)
Lot 86 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1913-2011)

The Peace Doves

Closed11 June 2013

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MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1913-2011)
The Peace Doves
signed and dated 'Husain 2 feb.'83'; further signed in Hindi (lower left)
ink on paper laid on canvas
30 5/8 x 44 7/8 in (78 x 114 cm.) each
Executed in 1983; Four works
4 (4)

Formerly from the Collection of Chester and Davida Herwitz
Sotheby's New York, 12 June 1995, lot 171

Specialist note

These four works are the original designs for the famous mural, The Peace Doves, excuted for the first International Airport in New Delhi.