NOW AND TEN

PROPERTY OF
A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, AMMAN
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KADHIM HAIDER
(IRAQI, 1932-1985)
Al Buraq
signed ‘K.HAIDER’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
51¿ x 67in. (130 x 170cm.)
Painted circa 1967
US$200,000-250,000
AED730,000-910,000
PROVENANCE:
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Collection, Baghdad
(by whom acquired directly from the artist).
Sadeer Ibrahim Jabra, by descent from the above in 1994.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
LITERATURE:
J. I. Jabra, The Grass Roots of Iraqi Art, Baghdad 1983
(illustrated in colour, p. 32).
D. Al-Azzawi, C. Pocock & S. Faruqi (eds.), Art in Iraq Today,
Milan 2011 (illustrated in colour, titled: Iraqi Mythology, p. 26).
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