Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 141 157 i. Encounter – Literature, Arts, Current Affairs February 1955, Vol. IV, No. 2 Edited by Stephen Spender & Irving Kristol London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1955 10.0 x 7.3 in (25.4 X 18.8 cm) 512pp/ 6 b/w reproductions Binding: Hardbound (Rebound as part of the January-June 1955 collection-volume) Condition: Good Special Reference: Autobiographical article by F.N. Souza, ‘Nirvana of a Maggot’, pp42–8 ii. Diwan-i-Ghalib Portfolio containing 20 folders, each with a hand-tipped plate by Sadequain, illustrating a couplet by Ghalib No date or place of publication but evidently published in Pakistan c .1960s All text in Urdu Box portfolio: 13.6 x 12.0 in (34.6 x 30.5 cm) Each card: 13.3 x 11.9 in (34.0 x 30.30 cm) Each print: 10.4 x 7.2 in (26.3 x 18.4 cm) Presented in original drop-over box Condition: Fragile. Presentation box torn. iii. Sadequain Introduction by Shamim Ahmed Karachi: Pakistan Publications, 1963 First Edition 10.6 x 8.7 in (27.2 x 22.5 cm) 56pp / 2 col and 39 b/w reproductions Binding: Softbound with printed cover Condition: Good iv. Maqbool Fida Husain Texts by Richard Barhtolomew & Shiv S. Kapur New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., not dated, c .1969 First Edition 11.0 x 11.7 in (28.0 x 29.9 cm) Cover: Brown cloth with image of Khajuraho Drawing, 1954, pen & ink, 22 x18 in. Private Collection, Bombay, in silver. Title in silver on the spine. Printed dustjacket. 238pp Text/ 192 reproductions: 53 col tipped-in plates & 140 b/w images Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good v. Husain Les Otages Mère Theresa Exhibition Catalogue Montreal: Galerie Jourdan , 1981 10.5 x 8.2 in (26.5 x 21.0 cm) 20pp Binding: Softbound with printed cover Condition: Good vi. Husain Tapestry New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 1994 First Edition 11.4 x 9.4 in (28.5 x 23.5 cm) Cover: Black rexin with title in silver and a printed dustjacket 5pp Text (no pagination)/ 30 col plates Executed by Husain in wool, silk and zari Binding: Hardbound Condition: Good vii. The Story of a Jagged Line The Art of M.F. Husain Exhibition Catalogue Title essay by Sundaram Tagore Gaja Gamini: A Painter’s Film by Catherine David Berlin: The Fine Art Resource, 2000 13.0 x9.6 in (33.0 x 24.9 cm) Includes 2 photocopied pullouts of German press reviews 26pp / 15 col and 6 b/w reproductions Binding: Softbound with printed dustjacket Condition: Good INR 160,000 – 200,000 USD 3,600 – 4,500 (Set of 7)