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Lot 55: Sumerian Face

Est: $12,000 USD - $18,000 USDSold:
Christie'sDubai, United Arab EmiratesOctober 31, 2007

Item Overview

Description

KHALED AL-RAHHAL (IRAQI, 1926-1987)
Sumerian Face
signed and dated in Arabic (on the reverse)
gypsum
9in. (23cm.) high
Executed in 1944

Artist or Maker

Notes

This gypsum sculpture is known to have been created by the artist at his studio at the Fine Art Institute, Baghdad in 1944, for one of his favourite female students as he attempted to present her in a way reminiscent of a Sumerian face.

Auction Details

International Modern and Contemporary Art

by
Christie's
October 31, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

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