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Title not known (Al-Mukhtar 22)
The majority of this composition is made up of shimmering green and yellow patterning with elaborate script at the upper portion of the picture plane. A small arch at the bottom of the composition interrupts the repetition of form and introduces a…
Title not known (Al-Mukhtar 23)
At the center of this composition stands a pyramidal architectural structure with six ever-decreasing layers. The form is outlined with a thin black line and each register is decorated with a tan coloring and abstract patterning. Two large…
Title not known (Al-Mukhtar 24)
A dome rises out of the background in the central portion of this composition. The dome is decorated in repeating geometric forms and tan coloring. A bird in flight is depicted at the base of the dome with its wings spread in an orange and yellow…
Title not known (Al-Mukhtar 25)
The background of this composition exhibits a vibrancy of color and shape. A band of stenciled patterning is followed by a band of with a section of grid patterning at the lower third of the picture plane. Interrupting this space is an archway…
Title not known (Al-Mukhtar 26)
Again Al-Mukhtar has featured The Malwiya Tower at the center of the composition. In this rendition the tower is placed behind a layer of stenciled patterning that includes calligraphic script. A gap in the ornate sandy wall frames the tower that is…
Title not known (Al-Mukhtar 27)
A bull stands on the ground plane of this composition rendered with the use of interlacing curvaceous lines. The animal's neck and eye are tilting upwards regarding a butterfly of bright coloring. A rift appears in the background cutting out a…
Title not known (Al-Mukhtar 28)
An undulating swath of murky black smears is framed by two bands of repetitive stenciled patterning on the upper and lower horizontal planes of the composition. Within this ambiguous area at the center of the picture plane a singular butterfly is…
Title not known (Ahmed 1)
This picturesque composition, by Sadik Ahmed, depicts a quite village set in rolling hills and lush vegetation. Architectural structures dot the background and middle ground; yet, the composition is devoid of human presence. The loose application of…
Title not known (Ahmed 2)
The rendering of the figures in this group portrait is reductive in that the women’s bodies are composed of basic shapes and black outlines. A majority of the women peer outwards towards the viewer even whilst engaged in a task. Although a bit…
Title not known (al Shaikhly 1)
The shapes composing this landscape, by Ismail al Shaikhly, are rendered in a reductive manner. Trees are hinted at by way of jagged vertical lines while the rock formations in the middle ground use blocks of color to simulate three dimensions.…