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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2459Location: BostonDate / Time: May 15, 2009 4:00PM
Description:
Dia Azzawi (Iraqi, b. 1939)
Ancient Symbols
Signed in Arabic c.r., titled, dated, and inscribed "...Dhia Al-Azzawi...1964" in
Arabic and English and identified on a label from Al-Wasiti Art Gallery, Baghdad, Iraq, on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 32 3/4 x 37 1/4 in. (83.2 x 94.6 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure, restored tear u.l. quadrant, surface abrasions.
Provenance: From the collection of Louis Albert McMillen.
Estimate $25,000-30,000
Craquelure including several circular cracks, restored tear in the u.l. quadrant approx. 1 1/4 x 1 in., surface abrasions in the u.l. quadrant with the longest measuring approx. 4 1/2 in.