Maqbool Fida Husain
Untitled (Peacock), c.1967
Signed upper right
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 44.5 cm
36 x 17 1/2 in
36 x 17 1/2 in
Provenance
Central Cottage Industries Emporium, Indian Cooperative Union Ltd., New Delhi.Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grimes, New York, New York (purchased directly from the above in 1962).
The Estate of Paul and Miriam Grimes, New York, New York and Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Freemans, Modern and Contemporary Art, 5 May 2013, lot 107
Paul Grimes was the South Asian correspondent for the New York Times from 1959-1962 and was based out of New Delhi.