AHMED MATER (B. 1979, TABUK)

Lot 13
31.10.2024 13:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 13 | AHMED MATER (B. 1979, TABUK)
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£ 50 000 – 70 000
AHMED MATER (B. 1979, TABUK)
Evolution of Man
lightbox, in five parts
each: 32 5/8 x 24 ¾in. (83 x 63cm.)
Executed in 2010, this work is artist's proof number one from an edition of eight plus two artist's proofs




Provenance

Emerge Gallery, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2010.



Literature

E. Booth-Clibborn (ed.), Ahmed Mater, London 2010 (installation view illustrated in colour, p. 41; details illustrated in colour, pp. 106, 108-110, 112-113, 116, 119-120; illustrated in colour, pp. 114-115).
E. Booth-Clibborn and S. Stapleton (eds.), Edge of Arabia: Contemporary Art from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, London 2012, p. 182 (installation view illustrated in colour, p. 162; another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 183-184; details illustrated in colour, pp. 185-187).
R. Moumni and S. Kayyali (eds.), Ahmed Mater Chronicles, London 2024 (details illustrated in colour, p. 93).



Exhibited

Berlin, Torstrasse 1, Grey Borders/Grey Frontiers, 2010 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 25).
London, Vinyl Factory, Ahmed Mater at Vinyl Factory, 2010 (another from the edition exhibited).
Jeddah, Al Furisiya Marina & Mall, Edge of Arabia: We Need to Talk, 2012 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 88-89).
Lewiston, Bates College Museum of Art, Phantom Punch: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia in Lewiston, 2016-2017 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 70-71).
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