Maqbool Fida Husain — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works48

Museum Acquisitions

LACMA

Thirty-Five: Shadow on the Wall, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Forty-Three: Shakti (Blue Tiger), Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Forty: Tale of Three Birds, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Forty-One: Space Odyssey, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Thirty-Six: Gandhi, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Forty-Two: On the Chess Board, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Thirty-Eight: Life Cycle, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Thirty-Nine: Black Cloud (Gandhi Assassination), Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Thirty: Flight, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Frontispiece from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Forty-Four: Translucent Pentagon, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Thirty-One: And White Cloud, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Thirty-Three: Down the Staircase (Five Pandava Brothers), Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

LACMA

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series, 1980

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

LACMA

Threefold, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series, 1975

Acquired 1993

Photo lithograph on paper

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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Thirty-Five: Shadow on the Wall, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.188.1.4 · Photo lithograph on paper

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Forty-Three: Shakti (Blue Tiger), Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.188.1.11 · Photo lithograph on paper

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Forty: Tale of Three Birds, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.188.1.8 · Photo lithograph on paper

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Forty-One: Space Odyssey, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.188.1.9 · Photo lithograph on paper

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Thirty-Six: Gandhi, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.188.1.5 · Photo lithograph on paper

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.189.1.10 · Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Forty-Two: On the Chess Board, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.188.1.10 · Photo lithograph on paper

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Thirty-Eight: Life Cycle, Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.188.1.6 · Photo lithograph on paper

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.189.1.8 · Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.189.1.6 · Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Folio from the Mother and Child (Mother Teresa) Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.189.1.4 · Photo lithograph on paper; leather folio

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

Thirty-Nine: Black Cloud (Gandhi Assassination), Folio from the Passage into Human Space Series

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession AC1993.188.1.7 · Photo lithograph on paper

Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection

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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News8

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Sotheby’s September Sale stars Indian Masters

Sotheby’s is holding a September 2025 auction in London titled 'Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art,' featuring major works by Indian modernists inc…

marketSep 17, 2025

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The article highlights several notable artworks heading to auction and art fairs in September 2024. These include M.F. Husain's "Untitled (Horses)" (1…

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