a) SOUVENIR FOR HUSAIN
Collection of seven coloured plates by MF Husain published for the exhibition organized by Himani Khanna at Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery Kensington High Street, London, 1974. Design by Miss D. H. Shiar, printed by Tata Press, Bombay, India.
Size: 10.5 x 10.5 in
b) MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN
By Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S. Kapur
New York: Harry N. Abrams
No date [c. 1970]
pp. 60 + 192 paintings, many colour, many tipped-in, some folding
Original maroon cloth binding with a Husain sketch embossed insilver on cover and a fine dustjacket
Size 11.5 x 11 in
Ex-library copy [Gary Public Library] with title-page clean. Only 1 stamp on contents page and 2 on book edges.
c) MF HUSAIN - PAINTINGS 1971 including six coloured plates by the artist
Presented by Pundole Art Gallery, Tata Press ltd, Bombay, India
Size: 9 x 9 in
PROVENANCE:
Property from an Eminent Parsi Collection, UK
This lot is from the collection of an eminent Parsi gentleman based in London. He began collecting books over 25 years ago, when he studied History of Art at Cambridge in the 1980s. His initial focus was on the Bombay Progressives. He is now offering a selection from his library with favourites ranging from Amrita Sher-gil, George Keyt, M F Husain and F N Souza, and a very rare privately printed, limited edition book illustrated by Bhupen Kakhar.
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