Bidspirit auction | MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN, MODERNIST COMPOSITION

MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN, MODERNIST COMPOSITION WITH BURAQ AND CALLIGRAPHY, 1992. - Executed in gouache and watercolour on paper, this modernist composition by Maqbool Fida Husain (1915-2011) blends Islamic iconography with desert motifs. The work features a central black square containing a blue isolated Arabic character Kaf, adjacent to a green disc containing the character Meem in yellow. To the left, white Arabic calligraphy is transcribed which translates to God is beautiful and He loves beauty. The right side of the composition depicts a winged Buraq in flight above a group of three camels traversing a yellow desert landscape. In the lower left foreground, a stylised horse is rendered in blue. The work is signed Husain with a dot above a fluid, stylised script signature and dated 92 in the lower right corner. It is mounted within a wide black mat and housed in a light-coloured wooden frame. Approximately 45.5 x 29.8cm