Title not known (Al Rassam 3)

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Title

Title not known (Al Rassam 3)

Subject

Aerial view of desert landscape and Great Mosque of Samarra

Description

Here al-Rassam has focused on the Great Mosque of Samarra as the main subject. A small aircraft traverses the canvas space allowing for a unique perspective of the archaeological site. The ruins are made up of the wall of the mosque and the Malwiya Tower, an iconic symbol of Iraq. The remainder of the canvas is composed of a desert-scape with crisscrossing fault lines resembling river beds.

Creator

Abdul Qader Al Rassam (1882-1952)

Source

Location: Currently unknown. From the collection of the Iraqi Museum of Modern Art (the former Saddam Center for the Arts)-included on the vcds from 2002 by Mukhalad al-Mukhtar.

Publisher

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

Date

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Relation

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Format

Oil on Canvas

Language

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Coverage

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Contribution Form

Online Submission

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Contributor is Creator

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