3 Mar 2008
19:30 GST
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Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian, Indian & Pakistani Art
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Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian, Indian & Pakistani Art
Back to auction 16393
Nazem Al Jaafari (Syria, b. 1918)
From Jabal Al-Arab
From Jabal Al-Arab
oil on canvas, signed and dated 4-1957 in Arabic lower left, inscribed in Arabic on the reverse, framed
142 x 102 cm.
142 x 102 cm.
Sold for
US$ 31,200
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Published:
Dr. Ghazi Al Khalidi, Nazem Al Jaafari: the founding pioneer, Damascus 2006, p. 273.
Nazem Al Jaafari was one of the pioneer impressionists of Syrian painting. Impressionism remained the most popular style in Syria both before and after the Second World War. Al Jaafari was a recluse and seldom sold any of his work because he was hoping the state would build a museum devoted to him. The painting depicts his sister Malak, who was his muse and model, wearing a Bedouin dress.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
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