Lot 215: Untitled

Ahmed Alsoudani (b.1975) Untitled signed and dated twice 'Soudani 08' (on the reverse) oil, acrylic, charcoal, and gesso on canvas 96 1/8 x 72 1/8 in. (244.2 x 183.2 cm.) Executed in 2008.

244.2 x 183.2 cm.

Cologne, Galerie Michael Janssen, The Future is But The Obsolete in Reverse, April- May 2008. New York, Goff+Rosenthal, Ahmed Alsoudani, May-June 2009, p. 47 (illustrated in color).

Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin Private collection, 2009 Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 October 2012, lot 51 Private Collection

I care very much about the surface of my paintings and in some places the paint is ten to twelve layers thick; in other parts the charcoal drawing may still be there, showing through. My surface is all about the varying thickness or thinness of the paint in different parts of the canvas. -A. Alsoudani, quoted in R. Goff, 'Ahmed Alsoudani in Conversation with Robert Goff', Ahmed Alsoudani, exh. cat., New York 2009, p. 61.