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Jewad Selim(Iraq, 1919-1961)The Dancers
24 November 2020, 15:00 GMT
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Jewad Selim (Iraq, 1919-1961)
The Dancers
ink on paper
executed circa 1951
30 x 20cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8in).
ink on paper
executed circa 1951
30 x 20cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8in).
Footnotes
AN IMPORTANT 1951 SKETCH BY JEWAD SELIM FROM THE PERIOD OF THE BAGHDAD GROUP OF MODERN ART
Provenance:
Property from a private collection, Amman
Formerly property from the collection of the artists friend, Midhat Madhloom, gifted to his sister in law Layla Ismael Aryan 1960's
"You have to know where you come from to know where you are going. The lines, forms and softly muted colours I use were favored by artists as long ago as 2000 B.C, when the ancient cities of Babylon were the centers of art, learning and fabulous beauty"
- Jewad Selim
























