DIA AL-AZZAWI (B. 1939, BAGHDAD)

Lot 22
09.11.2023 15:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 22 | DIA AL-AZZAWI (B. 1939, BAGHDAD)
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£ 50 000 – 70 000
DIA AL-AZZAWI (B. 1939, BAGHDAD)

Summeria Face

signed and dated in Arabic (lower right); signed in Arabic, inscribed and dated '1974' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

37 5⁄8 x 37 5⁄8in. (95.5 x 95.5cm.)

Painted in 1974





Provenance

Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris.

Dr Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Collection, Beirut (acquired from the above in 2012).

Thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

Dia Al-Azzawi: A Retrospective (From 1963 until Tomorrow), exh. cat., Doha, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, 2016-2017 (illustrated in colour, p. 16; titled Kun lia qina (Be My Mask)).



Exhibited

Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility, 2022-2023 (illustrated in colour, p. 134). This exhibition later travelled to Lyon, The 16th Lyon Biennale; Doha, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.



Further details

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Dia Al-Azzawi.
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