Taq Kisra (Al Rassam 1)

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Title

Taq Kisra (Al Rassam 1)

Subject

Landscape with ruins

Description

This landscape, by Abdul Qader al-Rassam, depicts a flat plane traversed by two jagged roads. In the distance stands a rock-cut building in ruin disturbing the horizontality of the composition. A lonely camel rider travels along the road towards an indeterminate point. The clarity of the representation insinuates a photographic reality and is characteristic of al-Rassam’s work.

Creator

Abdul Qader Al Rassam (1882-1952)

Source

Location: the collection of the National Iraqi Museum of Modern Art (the former Saddam Center for the Arts)

Publisher

Hard copies purchased from the photographer of the museum in 2004.

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Format

Oil on Canvas

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Contribution Form

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