ETEL ADNAN (1925, BEIRUT - 2021, PARIS)
(i) La Commedia dell'arte dei calamai III
(ii) La Commedia dell'arte dei calamai IV
(iii) La Commedia dell'arte dei calamai IV
(i) signed 'Etel Adnan' (lower right), numbered '12/16' (lower left)
(ii) signed 'Etel Adnan' (lower right), numbered '1/16' (lower left)
(iii) signed 'Etel Adnan' (lower right), numbered '7/16' (lower left)
each: etching and watercolour on paper
each: 11³⁄₈ x 22¹⁄₂in. (30 x 57cm.)
(i) Executed in 2015, this work is number twelve from an edition of sixteen unique versions
(ii) Executed in 2015, this work is number one from an edition of sixteen unique versions
(iii) Executed in 2015, this work is number seven from an edition of sixteen unique versions

Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2022.

(i) E. Adnan, Etel Adnan - Estampes / Prints 2014-2018, Paris 2019 (other versions illustrated in colour, pp. 53-57).
(ii) E. Adnan, Etel Adnan - Estampes / Prints 2014-2018, Paris 2019 (illustrated in colour, pp. 59).
D. Kerr, 'Artist and Poet Etel Adnan on How She Seeks Bliss Through Capturing the World's Visual Beauty', in Artspace, 5 October 2016 (another version illustrated in colour).
(iii) E. Adnan, Etel Adnan - Estampes / Prints 2014-2018, Paris 2019 (other versions illustrated in colour, pp. 59-63).
D. Kerr, 'Artist and Poet Etel Adnan on How She Seeks Bliss Through Capturing the World's Visual Beauty', in Artspace, 5 October 2016 (another version illustrated in colour).

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