The World of Petrol
Auction Closed
April 23, 01:06 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Aref el Rayess (1928 - 2005)
The World of Petrol
signed in Arabic 8-9-1973/4 (lower right); inscribed (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
100 by 99.5 cm.; 39½ by 39¼ in.
Executed in 1973/4.
The Artist
Private Collection, Lebanon (acquired directly from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2021
Baghdad, National Museum of Modern Art and Headquarters of the Iraqi Artists Society, Ma’radh Al-Sanatain Al-’Arabi Al-Awwal (First Biennale of Arab Art), 1974, p. 7, text (and as per label to the reverse of the work)
Catalogue note
