Pundole Horse by MF Husain

Energy meets geometry in this 2002 serigraph by M. F. Husain. The horse appears as both creature and idea, alive with force and clarity, while the image is built through organized partitions of colour that echo the spirit of cubism.

The surface resolves into diagonal fields of grey, red, yellow, blue, and orange. These areas might read as separate, yet Husain lets them flow, so the lines and partitions guide movement rather than interrupt it. The animal glides through these planes as a multi-layered presence, its power amplified by the structure.

Classical cubism explored multiple views of a subject. Husain adapts that language to serve motion. Here the partitions do more than describe form. They add speed, vibration, and a sense of seeing the horse from many moments at once.

The result is Husain in conversation with modernism. Bold colour fields, confident black contours, and the unmistakable vitality of the horse remain, while the cubist order opens the work to fresh abstraction. The horse carries memory, energy, and the global language of modern art, all on paper.