HAKIM AL AKEL | THE SYMBOLIC HISTORY OF ARABIA FELIX

HAKIM AL AKEL
b.1965
Yemeni
THE SYMBOLIC HISTORY OF ARABIA FELIX

each: signed in Arabic; signed, titled and dated 1994 in Arabic on the reverse
watercolour on paper, in four parts
each: 75 by 25cm.; 29½ by 9⅞in. overall: 75 by 100cm.; 29½ by 39⅜in.

Condition Report:
Condition:
This work is in very good condition. There is no restoration apparent when viewed under the UV light.

Colour:
The catalogue illustration is fairly accurate as the overall tonality is less intensive red and tends more towards a brick red in the original work.

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Provenance:
Collection of the artist, Saudi Arabia

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner