Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Property from the Estate of Nicholas Jay Demerath, III
Maqbool Fida Husain
Untitled
Auction Closed
March 21, 06:10 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Nicholas Jay Demerath, III
Maqbool Fida Husain
1913 - 2011
Untitled
Gouache and watercolor on paper mounted on canvas and laid on board
Signed in Devanagari and Urdu lower right
28 x 59 ⅜ in. (71.1 x 150.8 cm.)
Acquired in India by Dr. Nicholas J. Demerath, II
Thence by descent
Dr. Nicholas J. Demerath, II (1913 – 1986), a renowned sociologist, received his PhD from Harvard in sociology and was Chair of Sociology at the Washington University in the 1950s-1960s. His areas of specialization were community planning, government and university administration, economic change, and public policy, with an emphasis on agriculture, housing, health, and family planning. Between 1965 – 80, he traveled to India a number of times for projects and to teach courses. He was an avid art collector and bought this work on one of his many trips.