Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 116 125 SHAMSHAD HUSAIN (b.1945) Untitled Signed in English ‘SHAMSHAD’ t.r. S/d in English ‘Shamshad 76’ (verso) Oil on canvas, 1976 68.0 x 35.0 in (172.8 x 88.8 cm) INR 400,000 – 500,000 USD 9,050 – 11,300 126 A.A. RAIBA (b.1922) Untitled S/d in English ‘Raiba 64’ l.r. Oil on cloth mounted on board pasted on plywood, 1964 23.5 x 17.5 in (59.6 x 44.4 cm) INR 600,000 – 750,000 USD 13,550 – 16,950 ‘The gures are not naturalistic. They are built up with expressionistic brush strokes rather heavy with paint. Subtly distorted, sometimes comical, sometimes lling up the canvas, they depend for their authenticity on the light the artist throws on them. They seem to be living only in the eeting critical moments of their fragmented selves, making gestures, and acting out their brief roles in the drab drama of their life.” Santo Datta, in ‘Shamshad and “The Little Man’ – Man, his Image in Art’, rpt. in Shamshad . Indraprastha Press, 1983.