HUSAIN KI KAHANI APNI ZUBANI
EDITOR: M F Husain
PUBLISHER: Archer Art Gallery
PLACE: Ahmedabad
YEAR: 2010
BINDING: Original decorated leather-bound boards
NO. OF PAGES: 184 page book containing 88 drawings with deckled edged paper
SIZE:
HEIGHT: 20 in (50.8 cm)
WIDTH: 13.5 in (34.2 cm)
DEPTH: 2 in (5 cm)
162 out of a signed and limited edition of 250
The book was published to celebrate Husain's 95th birthday and was only meant for his family and friends.
A folio sized leather-bound book originally hand written by Husain IN URDU and all drawings are printed in highest standards of lithography, uncut printed on special deluxe handmade paper.
The present lot, M F Husain's autobiography in Urdu, is likely inspired by the poetry of Mirza Ghalib. In M F Husain ki Kahani Apni Zubani, the legendary modernist adapts dual narrative voices as M F Husain, the famous painter, and Maqbool, the younger version of himself. Together, the two Husains lead you through the artist's colourful, almost cinematic journey, from the horses from his childhood that inspired him Duldul, his own horse, and Ashwamedh, the mythical one to the memories of his mother and grandfather and their influence in his works, and how he came across his most famous muse, Madhuri Dixit .