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Walid Raad (b. 1957)
Lot 131

Walid Raad (b. 1957)

Untitled (BEY82_Soldiers_I, 1982-2004) (From the series We Decided to Let Them Say "We Are Convinced" Twice. It was More Convincing This Way.")

Closed28 June 2012

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Walid Raad (b. 1957)
Untitled (BEY82_Soldiers_I, 1982-2004) (From the series We Decided to Let Them Say "We Are Convinced" Twice. It was More Convincing This Way.")
lightjet print mounted on aluminium
43½ x 67½in. (110.5 x 171.5cm.)
Executed in 1982-2004, this work is number one from an edition of three plus two artist's proofs

Donated by the artist.

Specialist note

"This work is part of the project titled The Atlas Group (1989-2004), and is part of a series of images I made at the age of fifteen during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. I found the images by chance in 2006, months before yet another war with Israel."
Walid Raad