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7ay Jober

Ayman Baalbaki (b. 1975) 7ay Jober  acrylic on canvas, mixed media and copper sheet mounted in lightbox 231 by 156 cm. 91 by 61 ½ in. Executed in 2014.

AYMAN BAALBAKI (B. 1975, ODAISSEH) Untitled oil on card mounted on canvas 2

AYMAN BAALBAKI (B. 1975, ODAISSEH) Untitled oil on card mounted on canvas 23 5⁄8 x 35 ¼in. (60.1 x 89.6cm.)

Ayman Baalbaki (b. 1975) - Untitled

Executed in: 2011; Medium: oil on cardboard mounted on board; Size: 70 x 50 cm (with frame 77 x 57 cm); Signed and dated in Arabic on the front lower right

Untitled

Ayman Baalbaki (b. 1975) Untitled signed and dated in Arabic Ayman 05 (lower right); signed and dated (to the reverse) acrylic and cretonne fabric laid on canvas 75 by 55 cm.; 29½ by 21½ in. Framed: 81 by 61 cm.; 31¾ by 24 in. Executed in 2005.

Untitled (Ruin)

Ayman Baalbaki (b. 1975) Untitled (Ruin) signed in Arabic Ayman and dated '09 (lower left) acrylic on canvas 100 by 150 cm.; 39¼ by 59 in. Framed: 105.5 by 156.5 cm.; 41½ by 61½ in. Executed in 2009.

Ayman Baalbaki (b. 1975), Building I

Executed in: 2011; Medium: acrylic on fabric laid on canvas; Size: 150 x 200 cm (155 x 204.5 cm with frame); Signed and dated in Arabic on the front lower right

AYMAN BAALBAKI (B. 1975, OSAISSEH) Anonymous acrylic on card laid on canva

AYMAN BAALBAKI (B. 1975, OSAISSEH) Anonymous acrylic on card laid on canvas 27 ½ x 19 5⁄8in. (70 x 50cm.)

AYMAN BAALBAKI (B. 1975, ODAISSEH) Untitled (No Flag Zone series) acrylic

AYMAN BAALBAKI (B. 1975, ODAISSEH) Untitled (No Flag Zone series) acrylic on paper laid on canvas 19 ¾ x 27 ½in. (50.3 x 69.8cm.)

AYMAN BAALBAKI (B. 1975, ODAISSEH) Al Moulatham acrylic and printed fabric

AYMAN BAALBAKI (B. 1975, ODAISSEH) Al Moulatham acrylic and printed fabric on canvas 78 ¾ x 59in. (200 x 150cm.)

AYMAN BAALBAKI (B. 1975, ODAISSEH) Untitled acrylic on canvas 59 x 78 ¾in.

AYMAN BAALBAKI (B. 1975, ODAISSEH) Untitled acrylic on canvas 59 x 78 ¾in. (149.8 x 200cm.)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Anonymous acrylic on carton laid on canv

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Anonymous acrylic on carton laid on canvas 27 1/2 x 19 5/8in. (70 x 50cm.)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Al Moulatham acrylic and printed fabric

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Al Moulatham acrylic and printed fabric on canvas 78 3/4 x 59in. (200 x 150cm.)

*Ayman Baalbaki (born 1975) Sans titre, 2011

*Ayman Baalbaki (born 1975) Sans titre, 2011 Acrylic on paper Signed on the bottom right 65 x 50 cm Provenance : Private collection, Paris Bibliography : R.Issa, A.Baalbaki, "Beirut Again And Again", Editions Rose Issa Projects, London, 2011, reproduced in color p.65, a similar work Note: This work is part of the "Ruinform" series Our thanks to the Agial Art Gallery for the information they kindly provided on this work. *Ayman Baalbaki (né en 1975) Sans titre, 2011 Acrylique sur papier Signé en bas à droite 65 x 50 cm Provenance : Collection particulière, Paris Bibliographie : R.Issa, A.Baalbaki,"Beirut Again And Again",Editions Rose Issa Projects, Londres, 2011, un exemplaire similaire reproduit en couleur p.65 Note : Cette oeuvre fait partie de la série "Ruinform" Nous remercions la Galerie Agial Art des informations qu'elle nous a aimablement communiquées sur cette oeuvre.

Ayman Baalbaki (Liban, né en 1975) Sans titre (acrylic on canvas, framedsigned and dated)

Ayman Baalbaki (Liban, né en 1975) Sans titre Acrylique sur toile, encadré signé et daté '16' (en bas à droite) exécuté en 2016 150 x 198cm (59 1/16 x 77 15/16in). acrylic on canvas, framed signed and dated For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Homs: Jourat Al Shiyah

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Homs: Jourat Al Shiyah acrylic on printed fabric with copper sheet mounted on glass over light box executed in 2013-2014 176 x 200cm (69 5/16 x 78 3/4in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Anonymous

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Anonymous acrylic on carton laid on canvas , framed signed 'Ayman' and dated '2011-2018' on the verso, executed from 2011-2018 70 x 50cm (27 9/16 x 19 11/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Untitled (Loss and Destruction)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Untitled (Loss and Destruction) acrylic and mixed media on canvas, framed signed in Arabic and dated '2010' on the verso, executed in 2010 200 x 150cm (78 3/4 x 59 1/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975),

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) 'anbar raqam 12 (Warehouse N°12) signed dated ’20 AB’ (lower left) titled in Arabic (lower centre) mixed media & acrylic on canvas 68 7/8 x 78 3/4 in. (175 x 200cm.) Executed in 2020 ,

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Anonymous

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Anonymous acrylic on carton laid on canvas signed on the verso 70 x 50cm (27 9/16 x 19 11/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Anonymous II

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Anonymous II acrylic on carton laid on canvas signed on the verso 70 x 50cm (27 9/16 x 19 11/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) - Al Moulatham

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Al Moulatham acrylic and printed fabric on canvas 78 3/4 x 59in. (200 x 150cm.)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Untitled (Loss and Destruction)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Untitled (Loss and Destruction) acrylic and mixed media on canvas, framed signed in Arabic and dated '2010' on the verso, executed in 2010 200 x 150cm (78 3/4 x 59 1/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) American Embassy

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) American Embassy acrylic and fabric on canvas, framedexecuted in 2011205.5 x 155cm (80 7/8 x 61in). Provenance:Property from a private collection, LondonLiterature:Rose Issa Projects, Beyond Art Production, Ayman Baalbaki; Beirut Again and Again, illustrated in colour on page 7Exhibited:Rose Issa Projects, What Remains - PART III, 11 Nov -19 Dec 2014, London"My work is built partly on my personal experience, and partly on the Lebanese collective memory. The political establishment has tried to erase everything related to the war.. the problem lies also in the people who participate in this camouflage" - Ayman BaalbakiBaalbaki's hauntingly beautiful American Embassy portrays the American flag standing erect in perfect condition against the backdrop of the American Embassy in Beirut that was bombed on April 18th 1983 during the 1975-1990 civil war. A total of 63 people were killed in this suicide bombing; 32 Lebanese employees, 17 Americans and 14 visitors and passer-by. The years 1975 to 1990 were a time of sectarian strife, killings and kidnappings; whole neighborhoods were destroyed and communities uprooted.Born in 1975, the year of the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, Baalkabi and his family were forced to flee Rass-el Dikweneh, in the suburbs of Beirut when he was only a few months old. War loomed over Baalbaki's head throughout his life, with his home in Haret Hreik being demolished during the 2006 Israeli attacks. When it came to approaching his art practice Baalbaki naturally drew from the deep reservoir of memory formed by these traumatic and disturbing experiences. Baalbaki gathered documentary and archival material, his own photographs and images from the internet of war and destruction. These variations inspired him to approach his subject from different angles.Executed in a scale which captures both the architectural enormity of the building depicted, and the severity of the damage it suffered, this painting is a striking vignette of a city whose urban landscape has been punctured and mutilated by the war. Baalbaki's work pays tribute to the traumatic recent history his countrymen have endured by frequently returning to iconic imagery. These scenes Baalbaki captures are dramatic yet the floral textile backgrounds provide a deliberate softening effect, a feminine touch that recalls the dresses worn by rural women in Southern Lebanon.Concerned with the relationship between imagery and memory, figuration and abstraction, Baalbaki uses his practice as a haunting aide-memoire to the conflict that has plagued Beirut, reminding people that even in times of relative peace, they should not disregard the deep systemic divisions that gave rise to this conflict in the first place. His works accordingly focus on the aftermath of conflict, and the remnants of its destructive influence. The gap between the act of destruction and the time of depiction, which Baalbaki's works occupy, is part of a concerted effort to place a reflective emphasis on the theme of war and displacement.

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) - Babel

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Babel acrylic on canvas, in two parts each: 51 1/8 x 78 ¾in. (130 x 200cm.) overall: 102 3/8 x 78 ¾in. (260 x 200cm.) (2)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) - Untitled

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled acrylic on printed fabric 78 3/4 x 59in. (200 x 150cm.)

AYMAN BAALBAKI (LEBANON, BORN 1975) - Beirut Suburbs, 2006 (Tammouz series)

AYMAN BAALBAKI (LEBANON, BORN 1975) Beirut Suburbs, 2006 (Tammouz series) acrylic on canvas, diptych signed “Ayman Baalbaki” and dated “2015” on the verso, executed in 2014 70 x 100cm (27 9/16 x 39 3/8in).

AYMAN BAALBAKI | Ruine - Forme 8

oil on canvas

* AYMAN BAALBAKI (LEBANON, BORN 1975) - Rue “Abbas El Moussawi” imm. Yassine

* AYMAN BAALBAKI (LEBANON, BORN 1975) Rue “Abbas El Moussawi” imm. Yassine acrylic on canvas, in two parts executed in 2008 280 x 199cm (110 1/4 x 78 3/8in).each panel : 140 x 199 cm, overall: 280 x 199 cm

AYMAN BAALBAKI | Prisoner of War

oil on canvas

AYMAN BAALBAKI | Untitled (From the Mulatham Series) 

acrylic and oil on printed fabric laid on canvas 

* W AYMAN BAALBAKI (Lebanon, born 1975) Beirut City Centre (The Egg)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon, born 1975) Beirut City Centre (The Egg) mixed media on canvas, framed executed in 2015 250 x 200cm (98 7/16 x 78 3/4in). FOOTNOTES Provenance: Property from a private collection, Beirut "Beirut is the Elizabeth Taylor of cities: insane, beautiful, falling apart, aging, and forever drama laden." - Rabih Alameldine The present lot is a superlative example of Ayman Baalbaki's inimitable monumental representations of Beirut architecture, depicting the iconic "Beirut City Centre Egg", an avant-garde symbol of Beirut's stunted cultural vitality. Baalbaki's depictions of war-torn Beirut are a visceral, aesthetically overpowering testament to the destructive power of conflict, a destruction whose genesis, whilst physical, infiltrates, scars and distorts the collective consciousness of its sufferers. Baalbaki's fixation with conflict is manifest throughout his life and work. Born in 1975, the year of the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, his family were forced to flee Rass-el Dikweneh when he was only a few months old. The sceptre of war would loom over Baalbaki's head throughout his life, with his home in Haret Hreik being obliterated during the Israeli attacks of 2006. When it came to approaching his work as a painter Baalbaki naturally drew from the deep reservoir of memory formed by these disturbing experiences. Concerned with the link between imagery and memory, Baalbaki uses his art as a haunting aide-memoire to the conflict that has plagued Beirut, reminding people that even in times of relative piece, they should not disregard the deep systemic divisions that gave rise to conflict in the first place. Baalbaki explains that this conceptual initiative is "based on what Nietzsche called the "imposition of memory. After the war, whoever had experienced it, tried to erase its effects and impact from his/her memory and surroundings, although the causes of war and its essence [were] still present in the city". In light of this overarching agenda, Baalbaki's works accordingly focus on the aftermath of conflict, and the remnants of its destructive influence. The gap between the act of destruction and the time of depiction, which Baalbaki's works occupy, is part of a concerted effort to place a reflective emphasis on the theme of war; it is seldom in the eye of the storm where one can truly measure, discern and recognize the effects of destruction, it is only when the impact of war breaches the heat of the battle, permeating into the visual, emotional and psychological landscape that its true imprint becomes manifest. The medium through which this imprint is made palpable by Baalbaki, is through the depiction of Beirut's war torn buildings; these buildings, like the individuals they contained, are perhaps some of the city's most important inhabitants, they are the edifices that signify identity, civilization, the existence of families and homes, they are the structures which give shelter, congregation, life, and industry to a population, they are the building blocks of the communities they house, and it is through their facades that the culture, history and collective narrative of their inhabitants are most immediately recognized. It is these buildings which therefore wear most overtly the wounds of war, and whilst the human impact of conflict lives within the hearts of those who have survived it, and through the memories of those who have the fallen, the visual insignia of conflict is most tangible in the fragmentation of the civic space. It is this fragmentation which Baalbaki seeks to document, reflect on, and ultimately immortalise in his canvases. Executed in a scale which captures both the architectural enormity of the buildings depicted, and the severity of the damage they have suffered, Baalbaki's paintings are striking vignettes of a city whose urban fabric has been punctured and mutilated. The Egg The Egg itself was commissioned as part of a ground-breaking cluster of modernist buildings in 1965, designed by the Lebanese architect Joseph Philippe Karam (1923-1976). The whole set was thought to be the 'Beirut City Center', a multi-use complex, which concentrated mainly on the hybridization of two programs: spaces for leisure activities (shopping mall, cinema) mixed with office spaces. When the civil war started in 1975 the construction of the 'Beirut City Center' was still unfinished. Only the Egg and one of the two proposed towers had been constructed. During several periods of war in-between 1975 up to 2006 the development surrounding the Egg was destroyed and The Egg together with a large void for underground parking survived as the only remnants of Karam's original plan for the 'Beirut City Centre' . What remains is a phenomena at once paradoxical yet unique to Beirut, a "modernist ruin"

Untitled

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled signed in Arabic, signed and dated 'Ayman Baalbaki 2010' (on the reverse) acrylic on fabric mounted on canvas 59 x 79in. (150 x 200.8cm.) Painted in 2010

Untitled

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled acrylic on printed fabric 78¾ x 59in. (200 x 150cm.) Painted in 2008

AYMAN BAALBAKI | Al-Mulatham I

acrylic and printed fabric on canvas 

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled acrylic on canvas 27 5/8 x 19¾i

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled acrylic on canvas 27 5/8 x 19¾in. (70 x 50cm.)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled acrylic on canvas 16½ x 11 7/8i

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled acrylic on canvas 16½ x 11 7/8in. (42 x 30cm.)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Babel acrylic on canvas, in two parts ea

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Babel acrylic on canvas, in two parts each: 51 1/8 x 78¾in. (130 x 200cm.); overall: 102 3/8 x 78¾in. (260 x 200cm.)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Contre-Jour I acrylic on canvas 17¾ x 29

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Contre-Jour I acrylic on canvas 17¾ x 29in. (45 x 75cm.)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled acrylic on canvas 59 x 78¾in. (

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled acrylic on canvas 59 x 78¾in. (150 x 200cm.)

L'Armonial Total: 255 x 300cm (100 3/8 x 118 1/8in) Each Panel: 255 x 150cm (100 3/8 x 59 1/16in)

L'Armonial acrylic on canvas in two parts (dyptich) executed in 2011 Total: 255 x 300cm (100 3/8 x 118 1/8in) Each Panel: 255 x 150cm (100 3/8 x 59 1/16in)

AYMAN  BAALBAKI

B.  1975 YA’ILLAHI  (DEAR  LORD) signed  and  dated  08 acrylic  and  gold  leaf  on  panel  with  brass  frame  and  light  bulbs 211.5  by  126  by  8.2cm.;  83  1/4    by  49  5/8    by  3  1/8  in.

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Al-Moulatham signed in Arabic and dated '10' (lower left); signed in Arabic, signed, titled and dated 'AYMAN BAALBAKI 2010 "AL-MOULATHAM"' (on the reverse) acrylic and paper collage on printed fabric 29½ x 21 5/8in. (75 x 55cm.) Executed in 2010

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled each: signed in Arabic and dated '09' (lower right) acrylic on canvas, in two parts each: 27¾ x 17¾in. (70.5 x 45.1cm.); overall: 27¾ x 35½in, (70.5 x 90.2cm.) Painted in 2009 (2)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Yuk ('Cupboard') signed and dated in Arabic (lower left) acrylic on canvas framed with an antique cupboard 92½ x 90 3/8in. (235 x 229.5cm.) Executed in 2012

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, B. 1975)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, B. 1975) Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom signed and dated in Arabic (lower left); signed, dated and titled in Arabic (on the reverse) oil on upholstery printed fabric with copper sheet mounted on glass over light box 91¾ x 61¾ x 2 7/8in. (233 x 157 x 7cm.) Executed in 2011

AYMAN BAALBAKI

AYMAN BAALBAKI B. 1975 UNTITLED signed and dated 10 acrylic on fabric, in two parts Overall: 69.5 by 49.7cm.; 27 3/8 by 19 1/2 in.

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Holiday Inn Hotel 'Seeking The Heights' signed in Arabic and dated '10' (lower left) oil on upholstery printed fabric with copper sheet mounted on glass over light box Upper panel: 62½ x 78½in. (159 x 199cm.) Lower panel: 12 x 78½in. (30 x 199cm.); Overall 74½ x 78½in. (189 x 199cm.) Executed in 2010

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975)

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975) Untitled signed in Arabic and dated '09' (lower left) oil on upholstery printed fabric 76½ x 51in. (194 x 129cm.) Painted in 2009