Untitled

Price Realised USD 63,000

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USD 10,000 - USD 15,000

Closed: 16 May 2023

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HAYV KAHRAMAN (IRAQI, B. 1981)

Untitled

Price Realised USD 63,000

Closed: 16 May 2023

Price Realised USD 63,000

Closed: 16 May 2023

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HAYV KAHRAMAN (IRAQI, B. 1981)
Untitled
signed with the artist's monogram (upper right)
gouache and metallic paint on watercolour paper
21⁷⁄₈ x 16¹⁄₄in. (55.7 x 41.3cm.)
Executed in 2011

The Third Line, Dubai.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011.

R. Mitwalli, Traditions Renewed: Changes in women’s traditional dress in the United Arab Emirates during the reign of Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahyan 1966-2004, 2011.

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Lot Essay

This 2011 work on paper by Iraqi artist Hayv Kahraman was created for the book, , by Dr Reem Tariq Al Mutwalli. Mitwalli commissioned the artist to illustrate women’s traditional clothing in the UAE from 1966 to 2004. The work features the figure of a woman, arms outstretched to display the traditional shape of the sleeve of the . The tilt of the figures head allows a glimpse of the gold Emirati burqa, partially covering the face of the woman, who is adorned with gold jewellery which has long been favoured in the Emirates.

The work was created around the same time as Kahraman began her works, where she had her body scanned in 542 quarter inch sections, utilising her findings in works such as .