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Dia al-Azzawi

The Arabic Letter is a Symbol No. 1

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February 8, 06:44 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

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Dia al-Azzawi

b. 1939


The Arabic Letter is a Symbol No. 1

signed Al Azzawi in English and Arabic and dated 1980 in English (lower center)

gouache on paper

70 by 122 cm.

27 ½ by 48 in.

Executed in 1980.


This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity by the Azzawi studio.

Galerie Faris, Paris

Private Collection, France

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Al-Nahar Arab and International, 15 Haziran [June] 1980

Calligraphic Abstraction in the École de Paris, Exh. Cat., Grosvenor Gallery, London, 2019

Dubai, Grosvenor Gallery, Calligraphic Abstraction in the École de Paris, Art Dubai, 18 - 23 March 2019

(Possibly) Paris, Galerie Faris, Azzawi, 27 May - 21 June 1980