FAHRELNISSA ZEID | UNTITLED (GREEN ABSTRACT)

Property from an Important Private Collection, Turkey
FAHRELNISSA ZEID
1901 - 1991
Turkish
UNTITLED (GREEN ABSTRACT)

oil on canvas
150 by 110cm.; 59⅛ by 43¼in.
Executed in the late 1950s.

The authenticity of this work was kindly confirmed by H.R.H. Prince Raad bin Zeid Al-Hussein with an inscription on the reverse.

Condition Report:
Condition:
This work is in good condition.There are few very small spots of craquelure and paint loss, only visible upon closer inspection on top right and centre right. There is restoration visible on the right, left and top outer edges only when viewed under the UV light.

Colour:
The catalogue illustration is fairly accurate; although the greens tends toward brighter and more vivid greens in the original work, especially along the left and right side edges.

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Provenance:
Estate of the artist, Amman

Private Collection, Istanbul

Istanbul, Beyaz Muzayede, Contemporary Art, 3 June 2014

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2014