MONA SAUDI (JORDANIAN, 1945-2022) The Petra Tablets
MONA SAUDI (JORDANIAN, 1945-2022)
The Petra Tablets
Signed 'Mona' in Arabic and dated '95' in lower left
Ink and coffee on paper
86.5cm x 60.5cm; 100cm x 70cm total including frame
Born in Amman, Jordan in 1945, Mona Saudi ran away from home at age 17 to move to Beirut, where she met artists like Paul Guiragossian, Adonis and Michel Basbous. In 1973, Mona graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where she studied sculpture. She left Beirut for Amman in 1983 amid civil war, before returning to Beirut in the 1990s where she remained until her death in 2022.
Provenance:
From the property of a private collector.
MONA SAUDI (JORDANIAN, 1945-2022)
The Petra Tablets
Signed 'Mona' in Arabic and dated '95' in lower left
Ink and coffee on paper
86.5cm x 60.5cm; 100cm x 70cm total including frame
Born in Amman, Jordan in 1945, Mona Saudi ran away from home at age 17 to move to Beirut, where she met artists like Paul Guiragossian, Adonis and Michel Basbous. In 1973, Mona graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where she studied sculpture. She left Beirut for Amman in 1983 amid civil war, before returning to Beirut in the 1990s where she remained until her death in 2022.
Provenance:
From the property of a private collector.
