£400 - £600
Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi/British 1927-2020), a group of rare late 1950s and 1960s figural and other works on paper comprising a small oil portrait, 1965, 18cm x 14cm; a paper collage of a geometric face 1960, mounted on paper, 26cm x 19cm; a graphite/charcoal female seated nude study, mounted, mount 32cm x 26.5cm; and a partial Rowney spiral bound sketchbook containing four nude female studies and other studies, and five loose graphite/charcoal female nude studies, mostly signed, various sizes. (qty). (NA467, NA484, NA486, NA472, NA463, NA461, NA228, NA203, NA460, NA489, NA462, NA464, NA459).
Footnote: These were produced when the artist was living in London during the 'Swinging Sixties', just after she had graduated from the Central School of Art. A few are dated from around 1958, when she was still studying.
Provenance: By descent from the artist.
FOOTNOTE: Born in Mosul, Iraq, Nadira Azzouz (1927-2020) studied Fine Art at the School of Domestic Fine Arts in Baghdad from 1944-49, and at the Central School of Art in London from 1957-60, where she gained a BA in Painting. After her first solo show in Baghdad in 1960, she became an active member of the Society of Iraqi Plastic Arts, exhibiting in their shows in Iraq and internationally. She continued painting and exhibiting widely after moving to Beirut in 1970, and then to London in 1980, with her work being included in the influential ‘Arab Women Artists in the UK’ exhibition held by the Kufa Gallery in 1988. Although inspired by the many international modern art movements she experienced in the West, her work is still strongly Middle Eastern, with inspirations drawn from ancient Arab illuminated manuscripts, Arab verses, Sumerian and Assyrian architecture and art, and daily life and landscapes in her homeland.
Generally very good to excellent with no major tears, creases or stains affecting the images.
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