Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 38 35 M.F. HUSAIN (b.1915) Fantasy S/d in English ‘Husain 44’ l.l. Watercolour and pencil on paper pasted on paper, 1944 10.6 x 17.6 in (26.8 x 44.8 cm) INR 1,000,000 – 1,250,000 USD 22,550 – 28,200 ‘For the next seven years from 1941 Husain worked for a rm, designing and painting nursery furniture and making at wooden toys in highly plastic shapes. Transformed by emotions and charged with new meanings, the simple angular shape of the wooden toy was also to reappear in his paintings.’ – Shiv S. Kapur, rpt. in Husain , Harry N. Abrams Inc. New York 1969; p32. 36 KRIPAL SINGH SHEKHAWAT (b.1922) Various i. Watercolour on card 3.4 x 5.6 in (8.6 x 14.1 cm) ii. Watercolour on paper 5.9 x 4.1 in (15.0 x 10.3 cm) iii. S/d in Devnagari ‘Kripal 12- 1-45’ l.r. Watercolour on paper, 1945 3.9 x 5.9 in (9.9 x 15.0 cm) iv. Initialled in Devnagari ‘Kri’ t.r. Watercolour on paper 4.0 x 5.9 in (10.2 x 15.0 cm) INR 160,000 – 200,000 USD 3,600 – 4,500 (Set of 4)