Live Auction 7477International Modern and Contemporary Art
JAWAD SALIM (IRAQI, 1919-1961)
Lot 45 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, LONDON

JAWAD SALIM (IRAQI, 1919-1961)

People of Baghdad

Closed31 October 2007

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JAWAD SALIM (IRAQI, 1919-1961)
People of Baghdad
signed and dated in Arabic (lower left)
oil on panel
19¾ x 15¾in. (50.5 x 40.5cm.)
Painted in 1957

Specialist note

This and the following lont are rare examples representative of Jawad Selim's distinct style that reveals an almost obsessive nature of his quest for an Iraqi mode of creation rooted in the tradition and culture of his country.