20th Century Art/Middle East

20th Century Art/Middle East

PROPERTY OF THE SHATHA IBRAHIM AL TASSAN COLLECTION, SAUDI ARABIA

Mahmoud Hammad

Al Basmala

Auction Closed

October 24, 11:08 AM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

PROPERTY OF THE SHATHA IBRAHIM AL TASSAN COLLECTION, SAUDI ARABIA

Mahmoud Hammad (1923 - 1988)

Al Basmala

signed, dated, numbered and titled in English and Arabic Hammad 1972 (lower centre); exhibition label (to the reverse) 

linoleum cut printed in red and lavender on paper 

sheet: 66 by 49.1 cm. 26 by 19¼in.

framed: 71 by 54.5 cm. 28 by 21½in.

Executed in 1972; this work is number 17 from an edition of 20.


This work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Lubna Hammad, Director of the Family Estate of Mahmoud Hammad

Dr. Abdulaziz Alloun Collection
Acquired from the above in 2008 by the present owner 
Damascus, Galerie Ugarit, Hammad Peintures, 20 -30 November 1982 (another edition exhibited)

Berlin, InterGrafik, 1984 (another edition exhibited)

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