Osian's Auction Catalogue Select Masterpieces of Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | June 2009

58 23 M.F. Husain (b.1915) Untitled Graphite and coloured pencil on brown paper, 1941 S/d in English ‘Husain 41’ l.r. 21.9 x 28.9 in (55.5 x 73.5 cm) Condition Previously restored INR 1,200,000 – 1,500,000 USD 25,000 – 31,250 Lot 23 represents a very rare drawing by M F Husain’s from one of his earliest period when he was designing furniture for the bedroom of a child from a royal family.