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Lot 15*,AR

Dia Azzawi
(Iraq, born 1939)
Sorrowful Visions

17 November 2021, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Dia Azzawi (Iraq, born 1939)

Sorrowful Visions
oil on canvas, framed
signed "Dia Azzawi" and dated "67" in Arabic (lower right) and further signed, dated and titled on the verso, executed in 1967
65 x 96cm (25 9/16 x 37 13/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance:
Property from the collection of the renowned architects Nizar Jawdat (1920-2017) and Ellen Jawdat (1921-2020), acquired directly from the artist,
thence by descent to the present owners,

Exhibited:
Dia Al Azzawi, Iraqi Artists Society, Baghdad, 18-28th April 1967, No. 5

Published:
Published as Sad Remembrance, Exhibition catalogue: Dia Al Azzawi, Iraqi Artists Society, Baghdad, 18-28th April 1967, No. 5

"Stylistically, Azzawi's work of the 1960s remained more figurative with stronger ties to mythology and history, which was the thread that maintained his connection to the Baghdad Group of Modern Art as their anticipated inheritor who could further their goals. Equally, Azzawi's use of colour reflected the inspiration of his teacher Faeq Hassan. He was thus able to negotiate two distinct strands of development in modern Iraqi art: the philosophical abstractions of Iraqi Signs and symbols by the Baghdad Group of Modern Art and Faeq Hassan's mastery of technique."
- Saleem Al-Bahloly

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