Modern & Contemporary Middle East

Hussein Madi

The Arabic Alphabet

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Auction Closed

October 28, 03:37 PM GMT

Estimate

24,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Hussein Madi (1938 - 2024)

The Arabic Alphabet

signed and dated Madi, ’73 (each, lower right); numbered P.A (each, lower left) aquatint etchings on wove paper, in 30 parts in artist’s stamped canvas box

each: 29.5 by 24.5 cm. 11 ⅝ by 9 ⅝ in.

box: 32 by 26.2 by 3.4 cm. 12 ⅝ by 10 ⅜ by 1 ⅜ in.

Executed in 1973; this work is an Artist’s Proof.

The Artist

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above by the present owner)

Other editions (current on display):

Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, 2025

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2024