Maqbool Fida Husain 1913-2011
Untitled (Benaras Landscape), 1960
Pencil on paper
8 x 25 inches
Provenance
Formerly in the Collection of Badrivishal PittiPundole's, Mumbai, 17 January 2013, lot 29 a)
Property from a Distinguished Parsi Collection, Mumbai
Literature
"In the beginning of the 1960s, Ram Kumar arrived in Benaras.Not alone. Husain was with him. Two painters. Two brushes. One
brush played with the waves of restless Ganga. The other was
still - like a centuries' old meditative trance of the Benaras ghats.
... Inside that city, there thrives another city. All roads lead miles
away to a standstill destination.
No signboards anywhere for you to recognise it.
No milestone for you to measure the distance.
... Just two or three colours of peace and solace."
- M F HUSAIN