Live Auction 8065Modern and Contemporary Arab,Iranian and Turkish Art Part II
ELIAS IZOLI (SYRIAN, B. 1976)
Lot 201

ELIAS IZOLI (SYRIAN, B. 1976)

Untitled

Closed30 October 2013

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USD 16,250

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ELIAS IZOLI (SYRIAN, B. 1976)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Elias Izoli 2013' (lower right); signed in Arabic and with the artist's label (on the reverse)
acrylic and canvas collage on canvas
47¼ x 39 3/8in. (120 x 100cm.)
Painted in 2013

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Specialist note

Fascinated by Jan Vermeer's iconic Girl with a Pearl Earring, by painting, Elias Izoli metaphorically donates a pearl earring to help refugees. In the artist's own words : 'Yes the girl is sad, not because she donated her pearl earring to help millions of refugees, but simply because not enough is being done to help them'.
(The artist quoted, 2013).