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Perhaps the canvas’ most beautiful feature is the rich skin of black acrylic paint within which he and his steed, both rendered in soft veils of thin gouache, are embedded.

The 25 paintings in this series, vibrant acrylics on canvas, showcase Husain's bold style while reflecting key 20th-century events and social attitudes.

Deep, rich yellows and soft sea-greens overflow across the canvas, resonant in layers of acrylic and oil.

“You can erase graphite, you can paint over acrylic and oil,” said the Baltimore- and L.A.-based artist.

The company, which used to cut acrylic, was not considered a machine tool-maker - but it eventually developed machinery to cut glass and became "the star of Apple's mobile phone surface processing," Mr Lin says.