20th Century Art / Middle East
20th Century Art / Middle East
Composition (Green)
Lot Closed
April 27, 01:12 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901 - 1991)
Composition (Green)
dedicated with poem (to the reverse)
watercolour and ink on paper
sheet: 47 by 35.5 cm. 18½ by 14 in.
framed: 49.5 by 38.5 cm. 19½ by 15¼ in.
Executed circa 1953.
Alain Gheerbrant collection (1920 - 2013)
Ader, Paris, 10 December 2014, Lot 162
Private Collection, UK (acquired directly from the above sale)
New York, Rosenberg & Co, A Future We Begin To Feel: Women Artists 1921–1971, 5 June – 11 September 2021
A Alain
Celui qui me cherche me trouve celui qui me trouve me connait celui qui me connait m’aime celui qui m’aime je l’aime celui que j’aime je le tue celui que je tue c’est à moi de le racheter celui que je dois racheter c’est moi qui suis sa rançon.
Hadid attribué Seidina Ali
To Alain
He who seeks me finds me He who finds me knows me He who knows me Loves me He who loves me I love him Who I love I kill Who I kill It's up to me to redeem them Who I must redeem it is I who am the ransom.
Hadid attributed to Seidina Ali