Atal Adnan

Lot 114: Iradat al-hayat (The Will of Life)

Name: Iradat al-hayat (The Will of Life)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: kq42d5k23r

Est: $6,000 USD - $10,000 USDSold:

Christie'sDubai, United Arab EmiratesApril 30, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Etel Adnan (Lebanese, b. 1925)
Iradat al-hayat (The Will of Life)
Poems by Al-Shabbi, manuscript written and painted by Etel Adnan, signed in Arabic and dated on pages 2 and 30 and on the cover
ink and watercolour on Japanese handmade paper
30 folding pages; each 10 5/8 x 8¼in. (27 x 21cm.); overall 10 5/8 x 248in. (27 x 630cm.)
Executed in 2001, this work is unique

Artist or Maker

Atal Adnan

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Claude Lemand, D'Orient et d'Occident, 2001

Auction Details

International Modern and Contemporary Art

Christie's

April 30, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

Emaar Business Park, Sheikh Zayed Road Building 2, 1st Floor, Office 7, PO Box 48800, Dubai, AE

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