OUR PLANET CALLED EARTH
Size: 45.6 x 91 cm (17.9 x 35.8 Inches)
Mount/Sheet Size: 56 x 101.2 cm (22 x 39.8 Inches)

Signed and inscribed by the artist
Signed 'Husain' (lower right), inscribed 'Our Planet Called Earth' (lower centre) and further inscribed '74/125' (lower left)

Edition: Seventy - fourth from a limited edition of 125.

The Our Planet Called Earth series was commissioned in 2007 by Guru Swarup Srivastava, a Mumbai-based businessman and chairman of the Swarup Group of Industries. Known for his interest in art and culture, Srivastava envisioned the project as a monumental tribute to the 20th century tasking M.F. Husain with capturing its defining events and transformations across 25 large-scale canvases. At the time, it was widely reported that each painting was commissioned at 1 crore, making the series one of the most high-profile and ambitious private art commissions in contemporary Indian history.

However, the artworks later became embroiled in a financial dispute involving Srivastava's companies and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED). As collateral for a defaulted 236 crore loan, the paintings were seized and eventually ordered to be auctioned by the Bombay High Court in 2025.

This work will be shipped unframed.

Excellent Condition