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Lightning by M.F. Husain
Hardcover
$65.00
By Marguerite Charugundla (Editor), Susan S. Bean (Contribution by), Daniel Herwitz (Contribution by), Tom Keehn (Contribution by), Prasannan Parthasarathi (Contribution by), Gayatri Sinha (Contribution by), Boon Hui Tan (Contribution by)
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Lightning was created in 1975, during a very controversial period in India's history, to be the backdrop of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Emergency speech. Given the short time frame that M.F. Husain had to complete the work, it was titled Lightning, because it came about in a flash. The masterpiece was made up of twelve massive panels with ten wild, white horses charging through an open space. The significance of the painting is heightened not only by its sheer size or the brilli...