Live Auction 7895International Modern and Contemporary Art
Dia Azzawi (Iraqi, b.1939)
Lot 166 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SHIRLEY AND TONY IRVING

Dia Azzawi (Iraqi, b.1939)

Untitled

Closed26 October 2010

Price Realised

USD 31,250

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Dia Azzawi (Iraqi, b.1939)
Untitled
signed and dated in Arabic (lower left); signed, dated and located 'Dhia Al-Azzawi 1969 IRAK' and signed, dated and insribed in Arabic (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 x 32in. (99 x 81cm.)
Painted in 1969

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owners.

Specialist note

Dia Azzawi studied art and archeology at the Faculty of Arts at Baghdad University. With encouragement from Jewad Selim, pioneer of modern Iraqi art, he began to combine techniques of contemporary painting with motifs drawn from the Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian heritage of Iraq, and with geometric patterning drawn and arabesque from the contemporary tribal culture of the desert. From the mid-1960s these elements formed the basis of his painting.