MAQBOOL FIDA HUSSAIN (1915-2011)

TRIBHANG (TRIPTYCH) - INDIAN HOUSEHOLDS
SERIGRAPH IN COLOURS ON PAPER
LIMITED EDITION PRINT (NUMBERED 27/__)
SIGNED 'HUSAIN' IN THE LOWER RIGHT MARGIN, WITH THE ARTIST'S HANDWRITTEN-STYLE CAPTIONS BENEATH EACH PANEL
FRAMED AND GLAZED

A THREE-PANEL COMPOSITION DEPICTING THE INTERIORS OF THREE INDIAN URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, "A TRUE STORY OF OUR COMMON PEOPLE." THE LEFT PANEL SHOWS A MUSLIM FAMILY OF INDORE: DADA ABDUL ENJOYING HIS HUKKA ON A CHARPOY, WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AT PRAYER. THE CENTRAL PANEL SHOWS A NAMBOODRI FAMILY OF MADURAI: THE FATHER READING "THE HINDU" IN HIS ARMCHAIR, A DAUGHTER ABSORBED IN A BOOK, A MOTHER AT THE SWING, AND THE HOUSEHOLD DEITY NATRAJ. THE RIGHT PANEL SHOWS A SIKH FAMILY OF LUDHIANA: A PROUD TRUCK DRIVER FATHER, HIS SON IN ARMY UNIFORM, A GURU GOBIND SINGH CALENDAR ON THE WALL, AND HIS WIFE AT THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE.

RENDERED IN HUSAIN'S SIGNATURE PALETTE OF OCHRE, YELLOW, GREEN AND DEEP RED WITH BOLD BLACK CONTOURS, THE WORK CELEBRATES INDIA'S COMMUNAL HARMONY AND EVERYDAY DOMESTIC LIFE ACROSS RELIGIONS AND REGIONS.