Modern & Contemporary Middle East
Modern & Contemporary Middle East
Etel Adnan
Zayzafouna (One Linden Tree, Then Another Linden Tree)
Auction Closed
October 22, 02:02 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Etel Adnan (1925 - 2021)
Zayzafouna (One Linden Tree, Then Another Linden Tree)
signed Adnan in English and dated and inscribed 1985 California in Arabic (to the outside front cover); signed, dated and inscribed Adnan, 1985, California, translated by Fawwaz Traboulsi in English and Arabic (to the inside back cover)
booklet: 24.4 by 18 cm. 9 ½ by 7 in.
unfolded length: 558 cm. 219 ¾ in.
watercolour and ink on paper, in 29 parts, in leporello book
Executed in 1985.
Private Collection, Lebanon
Private Collection, Beirut (acquired from the above by the present owner in 2021)