Protest Christie’s sale in New York to display M F Husain’s paintings

Christie’s is going to start the Fall sale of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, taking place on September 13 at New York. This sale is going to display Anti-Hindu painter M F Husain’s 13 paintings. Perverted painter M F Husain has drawn nude paintings highly revered Hindu Deities and Bharat Mata. Now it is duty of all Hindus and patriotic Indians to protest lawfully against Christie’s so that it should not glorify Anti-Hindu and Anti-Indian painter M F Husain by displaying his paintings in the sale. We should also ensure that Christie’s will not repeat such mistake of insulting Hinduism and Bharat Mata in the future.

Devout Hindus and patriotic Indians are protesting lawfully on following Contact details: Sales Room in New York 20 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10020 Tel: +1 212 636 2000        +1 212 492 5485 Fax: +1 212 636 2399 E-mail : [email protected]

Detailed News about the exhibition by Christie’s

New York (USA): Christie’s is pleased to announce the Fall sale of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, taking place on September 13. The sale will present a magnificent array of works from the 20th and 21st centuries, featuring works by renowned modernists including Syed Haider Raza, Francis Newton Souza and Tyeb Mehta. Also featured in the sale are several works by the late Maqbool Fida Husain, who passed away in June 2011. As a tribute to the master, Christie’s has secured a selection of extremely important masterpieces, including works from the Keehn Family Collection.

Christie’s presents property from the Keehn Family Collection, a true gem of Indian art collecting. Thomas and Martha Keehn became involved with the emerging modern Indian art movement after moving to India in 1953. In 1956, the Keehns hosted the most significant exhibition of its time, 8 Painters, held in New Dehli. Several works from this exhibition are being offered in this sale. Highlights from this collection include Husain’s Yatra (estimate: $300,000-500,000) and Ram Kumar’s Untitled (Boy and Goat) (estimate: $200,000-300,000).

Another work by MF Husain is Untitled (Horses), 1959 (estimate: $120,000-180,000). Through the uninhibited use of impasto in this work, Husain conveys the sense of raw unimpeded power of a herd of wild and untamed horses.

MF Husain’s Untitled (The Three Graces) (estimate: $400,000 – 750,000) is a monumental painting, looking towards ancient Greek mythology, depicting the three attendants of Eros and Aphrodite: Euphrosyne, Thalia, and Aglaia. Husain’s choice of these sensuous and immortal women from ancient Greece, a subject frequently depicted by Old Masters, demonstrates his ability to seamlessly meld international influences into his distinctive style.

Source: Artdaily.org

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