ID 1387803
Lot 715 | MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1913-2011)
Estimate value
$ 2 500 000 – 3 500 000
Untitled (Gram Yatra)
signed and dated as illustrated (eleven vignettes); further inscribed 'M. F. HUSAIN / 25. D. BADAR BAGH / BALARAM STREET / BOOMBAY - 7 [sic] / INDIA' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35 ½ x 166 3/8 in. (90.2 x 422.6 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Provenance
Acquired by Leon Elias Volodarsky (1894-1962) in New Delhi, 1954, while heading a World Health Organization team posted there to establish a thoracic surgery training center
Thence by descent to his Estate
Bequeathed by the above to Oslo University Hospital, 1964
Literature
T.B. Harbitz and P.N. Tandon, 'The spectacular life of Leon Elias “Volo” Volodarsky (1894-1962) - surgeon, art collector, and donator', Michael, vol. 18, no. 3, Oslo, 2021, p. 339 (illustrated)
| Artist: | Maqbool Fida Husain (1915 - 2011) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Maqbool Fida Husain (1915 - 2011) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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