Dia AL-AZZAWI British / Iraqi, b. 1939
Drawing Consecrated to Love: Waddah al-Yaman No. TBC, 1972
China ink, gouache and graphite on paper
38 x 38 cm
Based on the tragic love story of the Yemeni poet Waddah al-Yaman Early experiments with the isolated Arabic letter as a motif The word hubb (‘love’) in turquoise The separated...
Based on the tragic love story of the Yemeni poet Waddah al-Yaman
Early experiments with the isolated Arabic letter as a motif
The word hubb (‘love’) in turquoise
The separated letters of the poet’s name ‘Waddah’ in graphite
An abstracted and elongated letter nun in faint grey in the background
Early experiments with the isolated Arabic letter as a motif
The word hubb (‘love’) in turquoise
The separated letters of the poet’s name ‘Waddah’ in graphite
An abstracted and elongated letter nun in faint grey in the background
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