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Huma Bhabha — Untitled
Huma Bhabha

Untitled

2012

A haunting human figure emerges from a found photograph, its form obscured and transformed through Bhabha's expressive application of ink. The artist's gestural marks dissolve the boundaries between the original image and her own intervention, creating a layered dialogue between the familiar and the alien. The result is a brooding, enigmatic presence that evokes themes of displacement, fragmentation, and the vulnerability of the human body.

Medium
ink on photograph
Dimensions
Signed
Yes

Notes

Execution: Executed in 2012. Literature: Catherine Spencer, “Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories,” Exhibition History: New York, MoMA PS1,

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern & Contemporary Art

February 28, 2026

Estimate: $15,000$20,000

Sold: $19,350

Lot 122

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Huma Bhabha, Untitled, 2012

A haunting human figure emerges from a found photograph, its form obscured and transformed through Bhabha's expressive application of ink. The artist's gestural marks dissolve the boundaries between the original image and her own intervention, creating a layered dialogue between the familiar and the alien. The result is a brooding, enigmatic presence that evokes themes of displacement, fragmentation, and the vulnerability of the human body.

Medium
ink on photograph
Dimensions
205.7 x 126.7 cm
Year
2012
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark Moody Palette, Ink On Photograph, Mixed Media, Expressive Mark Making, Figurative Art, Postcolonial Art, Contemporary Art, Altered Photography, Pakistani-American Artist, Female Artist, Emerging Iconography

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