JEWAD SELIM (1921, ANKARA - 1961, BAGHDAD)
06.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1504801
Lot 37 | JEWAD SELIM (1921, ANKARA - 1961, BAGHDAD)
Estimate value
60000GBP £ 60 000 – 80 000
Back Gardens - Camden Town
signed and dated 'JEWAD SELIM 1947' (lower right)
oil on board
21 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (55.7 x 40.2cm.)
Painted in 1947
Provenance
Dr Norman Daniel Collection, Baghdad (acquired directly from the artist in 1951).
Private Collection, USA.
Private Collection, London.
Anon. sale, Christie's Dubai, 17 April 2012, lot 1.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
N. Sagharchi and Z. Selim (eds.), Jewad Selim: Catalogue raisonné of Paintings and Sculptures, Milan 2025, no. JSP.38 (illustrated in colour, pp. 108 and 335).
Exhibited
London, Walton House, First Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Iraqi Artists at present in England, April-May 1949.
Baghdad, House of Nizar and Ellen Jawdat, Jewad Selim, 1950, no. 45.
Baghdad, British Institute, Paintings of England by Iraqi Artists, 1951, no. 33.
| Artist: | Huguette Caland (1931 - 2019) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Iraq, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Huguette Caland (1931 - 2019) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Iraq, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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