Description: SUAD AL ATTAR - Paradise in Green 2One of a pair by this famous Iraqi female artist, Suad Al AttarThis is Paradise in Green 2, etching with aquatint from 1983Titled in pencil in arabic and english, signed and numbered 21/30 The etching shows Al Attar's mastery in creating richly detailed flora through an intricate printmaking process. The artist adopted etching and aquatint techniques, applying black and green ink to a yellow background encased in a double border of green and blue ink. The framing creates the impression of peering through a window at the landscape, seemingly separating dream from reality. Al Attar's prints are constantly drawn from Iraqi history and mythology. Her dreamlike gold paradise has the intensity of a mystical dawn. Al Attar depicts an untouched landscape devoid of human figures, paths, or signs of civilization, offering a vision of a primordial garden – a sacred Eden, symbolizing the mythical origin of the world in Iraq. The stylized date palm, thought to be the earliest cultivated tree, recurs throughout the work, connecting the viewer with Iraq as the cradle of civilization. Rather than adhering to botanical accuracy, the flowers emerge from Al Attar's imagination, reinforcing the notion of a fantastical refuge. For Al Attar, "Everyone has a place they want to escape to." In Paradise in Green, this escape is to an Iraq that either once was or could yet be – a form of refuge. Source: The Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation (DAF) Measurements: 44 x 35cm plate size Condition: Unframed, no signs of previous framing, in excellent condition, just a bit of light storage creasing to bottom edge.Will be shipped rolled and can be combined with other works in a tube. Suitable for combined p&p with other loose prints, £1 UK, £3 overseas each additional print.Suad al-Attar is an Iraqi painter whose work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The British Museum and the Gulbenkian Collection. She has held over twenty solo exhibitions, including one in Baghdad that became the first solo exhibition in the country's history for a woman artist
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Originality: Original
Image Orientation: Portrait
Signed: Yes
Size: Large
Date of Creation: Modern (1900-79)
Material: Etching
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Landscape
Type: Print
Listed By: Artist
Year of Production: 1983
Listed by Self-Representing Artist?: No
Style: Expressionism, Realism
Features: Signed, Limited Edition
Country/Region of Manufacture: Iraq
Production Technique: Etching
Time Period Produced: 1980-1989
