Lot 105: Rafa Nasiri, Iraqi 1940-2013- Untitled; etching

Rafa Nasiri, Iraqi 1940-2013- Untitled; etching with aquatint printed in colours, signed, dated 81 and inscribed 'A/P' in pencil, with irregular plate shape, 76x56cm (sheet): together four further aquatints printed in colours by the same hand, two entitled "Beyond the Horizon", ea. signed, two numbered 24/30, one inscribed 'A/P 3/5', one inscribed 'A/P' and ea. dated 81 in pencil, three with irregular plate shape, ea. with labels attached to the reverse, 76x56cm max (sheet), (5)
Note: Born in Tikrit, Iraq in 1940, Nasiri studied painting and printmaking in Baghdad, Beijing and Lisbon. Nasiri was awarded the First Prize at the Baghdad International Festival of Art in 1986; the Honors Prize at the 4th International Graphics Biennale, Fredrickstad, Norway in 1978; the Jury Prize at the International Painting Exhibition, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France in 1977; and the Honors Prize at the International Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria in 1974. Nasiri published two books, in Arabic: Contemporary Graphic Art (1997) and Horizons and Mirrors: Essays on Plastic Art (2005). In 2010, a book about the artist entitled, Rafa al-Nasiri: His Life & Art, co-authored by Sabah Al Nassiri and May Muzafar, appeared in Amman.