Lot 232: ALI OMAR ERMES (LIBYA, B. 1945)

Meem, Tha, Alif: Turaath (Heritage)
signed and dated in Arabic (lower left)
acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
98 1/2 x 59in. (250 x 150cm.)
Painted in 1993

London, Albermarle Street, Ali Omar Ermes in Context, 2003, (illustrated in colour, p.37)

A symbol of heritage, as we inherit what we inherit to appreciate and to look after this heritage, thus enabling it to reach the next generations.
The poem is by the Abbasid poet Abu Al- Taahiah, who tells us "that which really belongs to you is what you are able to spend on good causes, not what you consume and liquidate or leave behind".