LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic and mixed media on board

Measurements:

60.24 in. (153.00 cm.) (height) by 48.03 in. (122.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Arabic and dated "XX 01"

Exhibited:

He was also a member of the Baghdad Group of Modern Art, joined Al-Zawya in 1967,and was a founding member of the New Vision group (he his work at their first group show in 1969). Along with Selim, Fattah is regarded as one of Iraq's preeminent modern sculptors. Other than The Monument of the Martyr, his public commissions include the Monuments of Iraqi poets: al-Wasiti; al-Farabi, 1970–75; Lawyer's Union Façade, Ministry of Industry, 1967, and the Conference Palace, Baghdad, 1983

Provenance:

Property from a private collection, Middle East