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Aref El Rayess

Set of 22 digital offset prints from 'The Road to Peace'

Auction Closed

October 22, 02:02 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

After Aref El Rayess (1928 - 2005)


Set of 22 digital offset prints from 'The Road to Peace'

21 signed and dated Aref El Rayess, 6/1/(1)974 in Arabic (lower left); 6 titled in Arabic (lower right); together with one double-page spread signed and dated Epreuve de l'Artiste, Rayess 7-12-(1)973

digital offset prints on wove paper, in 22 parts, together with a double page lithograph spread

each: 35 by 50 cm. 13 ¾ by 19 ¾ in.

double page spread: 49.5 by 69.5 cm. 19 ½ by 27 ¼ in.

The Artist's Proof executed in 1973; the 22 offset digital prints executed in 1974; these are from an unknown edition number after a black and white lithograph by Aref El Rayess.

The Artist

Joseph Tarrab Collection, Lebanon (acquired from the above as a gift)

Private Collection, Beirut (acquired from the above by the present owner in 2021)