Dia Azzawi (Iraq, born 1939)Woven Letters wool carpet laid on board signed and dated 1971, further signed on verso, executed in 1971 100 x 120cm (39 3/8 x 47 1/4in).FootnotesProvenance: Property from a private collection, London Acquired directly from the Artist by the above "In the introduction of the exhibition catalogue of a show I had in Washington D.C. that talked about the use of calligraphy in my works, the curator wrote that he could not see Arabic calligraphy in my works but rather a series of 'signs'. That statement gave me more confidence in what I was doing. By trying to produce an art that is accessible to everyone I was not only attempting to bridge the contemporary and the ancient, but also to bridge Western and Eastern art" - Dia Azzawi
Dia Azzawi (Iraq, born 1939)Woven Letters wool carpet laid on board signed and dated 1971, further signed on verso, executed in 1971 100 x 120cm (39 3/8 x 47 1/4in).FootnotesProvenance: Property from a private collection, London Acquired directly from the Artist by the above "In the introduction of the exhibition catalogue of a show I had in Washington D.C. that talked about the use of calligraphy in my works, the curator wrote that he could not see Arabic calligraphy in my works but rather a series of 'signs'. That statement gave me more confidence in what I was doing. By trying to produce an art that is accessible to everyone I was not only attempting to bridge the contemporary and the ancient, but also to bridge Western and Eastern art" - Dia Azzawi
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