Dia Azzawi, (Iraq, born 1939)

Search for a Bird

Search for a Bird
oil on canvas, framed
signed "Azzawi" and dated "08", executed in 2008
122 x 122cm (48 1/16 x 48 1/16in).

Provenance:
Property from a private collection, Dubai

"The people of this world are like the three birds flying in front of a flame.

The first one went close and said: I know about love.

The second one touched the flame lightly with his wings and said: I know how love's fire can burn.

The third one threw himself into the heart of the flame
and was consumed. He alone knows what true love is."

― Farid al-Din Attar