Munira Al-Kazi

Private Collection, London
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2015 

Condition: This work is in good condition, a paint chip to the upper right corner, some hairline craquelure to the paint across the central axis of the painting, upon closer inspection a thin layer of dust can be noticed. No signs of restoration under the UV light. Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, with the hues and tonality being denser and more vivid in the original work.
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Munira Al-Kazi was born in 1939 in Pune, India. Her family was a large merchant family of Saudi-Kuwaiti origin, and her heritage has no doubt influenced the style and imagery of her compositions. The artist’s abstract works take form in both painting and printmaking, with a predominant interest in etching. Beginning as an oil painter, Al-Kazi completed a degree at London’s Central School of Art and Design, where she absorbed herself in the techniques and skills involved in printmaking. After her graduation in 1961, Al-Kazi worked from her studio in London, holding exhibitions of her paintings and etchings in Europe and the Middle East until the 1970s when she relocated to Ibiza, Spain. Her more recent work, from the early 2000s experiments with digital media. Since the 1960s, Al-Kazi’s prints and paintings have been collected by multiple international institutions, notably including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and MoMA in New York. Her work has also appeared in exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, as well as being displayed with the acclaimed Iraqi artist Essam El Said in the inaugural exhibition of Sultan Gallery in Kuwait on March 21, 1969.