Live Auction 7674International Modern and Contemporary Art
Obeid Srour Al-Mas (Emirati, b. 1955)
Lot 36 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR IN THE UAE

Obeid Srour Al-Mas (Emirati, b. 1955)

Wa Al-A'asru inna Al-Insana lafi Khasr(By Time, Verily Man is in Loss)

Closed30 October 2008

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Obeid Srour Al-Mas (Emirati, b. 1955)
Wa Al-A'asru inna Al-Insana lafi Khasr(By Time, Verily Man is in Loss)
signed and dated in Arabic (lower right); titled in Arabic (on the reverse)
acrylic on panel
31¾ x 47½in. (80.3 x 120.5cm.)
Painted in 1987

Specialist note

The text in this painting is from Ayat Al-Kursi (the "Throne Verse"), one of the most widely quoted passages from the Holy Qur'an.