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M F HUSAIN (1915 - 2011)

ART AND CINEMA [SIGNED AND DATED ARTIST’S PROOF COPY]

"All forms of art are born from one's roots" Maqbool Fida Husain was born in 1913 in Pandharpur, Maharashtra. A self-taught artist, he came to Mumbai in 1937, determined..... 

Estimate: Rs 50,000-Rs 70,000 ( $605-$845 )


Art and Cinema [Signed and dated Artist’s Proof Copy]


M F Husain, Art and Cinema, Ahmedabad and Mumbai: Archer Art Gallery and Madhuri-McBull Creation, 1997

Thick and heavy book, 160 pages + unnumbered pages profusely illustrated with coloured plates many foldouts; original boards with silver printed dust wrapper and in original slip case also including original music cassette.
12.5 x 13 x 1.8 in (31.7 x 33 x 4.5 cm)

Signed "Husain" and dated "001" on the colophon page.

One thousand and forty-two copies were printed in 1997, out of which one thousand copies were for sale. This copy is the ARTIST’S PROOF edition of this limited-edition book.

A visual storyboard and script of Husain's magnum opus film Gaja Gamini.