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Could this be a original work by M F Husain? I always thought it was a print and never really looked back at it. Received already many expertise with other works I listed on this forum so thought let me give it a shot.

I believe it's partly a print and partly hand done? Had a closer look at the gold colored area which looks hand done because of the thicker areas with paint .

You can see in a few areas that the gold paint is a bit thicker here and there (probably done with a gold marker? Not really sure.). The ticker gold colored area is also underneath some other colors. This makes me believe that the gold area was done first and the other colors added later?

Is this a style Husain used or is this just the printing technique??

If it's a print than its a print! But if the artist had his hands in this work than its a different story.

I also could not find a single similar work. If it's a print than there should be more out there.

 

It does look like areas are painted.
I couldn't find this one either, but there are a lot of Husain prints, and a lot of them of horses. And as you can see, he even painted on a horse:

A remarkable man, and I love his work.

 

great photo's Benben....!!!

 

Yes indeed, the horses and style was his trademark. I have this work for a reasonable time now. Researched it so many times but also no luck yet finding the same. Always thought it's one of them better prints because it would be worth printing fakes of this artist. I say its a print because the paint does not look brush strokes to me. It looks more like dust paint? Could this be a something like a silk print? If it is a print than I should find similar.

 

those sure look like brush strokes and daubs from here..!

 

I wonder if a silk screen could leave textures like that.

Here's an extreme close up from a silk screened print I have (not by Husain):

 

Not that I know of. With my scant experience of silk screen printing in another life, I would say any rough texture would have to be applied afterwards.

 

I don't know. I don't have experience in printing techniques nor the knowledge. But the more I look at it the stronger I believe it's a print or at least half of it.

 

It looks to me like a serigraph print. I learned a little about it from an Artist i met a while back. I have one of hers somewhere ill have to see if i can find it. The use of multiple colors and layers creates that textured effect.

Mikey

 

Husain did make serigraph prints. I thought serigraph was silk screen, which it is, but there seems to be a distinction in the use of the terms:

"While it can be used interchangeably with 'silk screening' and 'screen printing', 'serigraphy' differentiates the artistic application from the industrial use."
http://www.cedarhilllonghouse.ca/blog/what-serigraph-printing

They do talk about adding texture to a print, but don't show how much texture can be added. A problem I often have with information, something is mentioned, and you're left in the dark.
So here is a note to copywriters, etc.: explain, show, do whatever you can do to make sure your 'information' really informs.

 

Thank you 916Bulldogs123 & any jewelry! I did a bit more research about silk printing and serigraph. It does indeed looks similar to the serigraph works which husain made. Only thing is the works which I found are hand signed and numbered. Many are limited edition prints with a run of 300 or others.

The work I have it not signed in pencil neither numbered (is this a open edition?). My next task will be to find exactly the same work so I can gather more info and conformation.

Other possibility is that this work is copied by somebody else using Husain style. But I doubt this because of the quality, age and used techniques.

 

That thought had crossed my mind. I googled Husain counterfeit pictures, etc. but came up with nothing.