The Fort of Steadfastness

Details

Abdul Hay Mosallam Zarara (Palestinian, b. 1933)
The Fort of Steadfastness
signed and dated in Arabic (lower left)
acrylic on sawdust and glue on panel
47 5/8 x 28 7/8in. (121 x 73.5cm.)
Painted in 1978

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Exhibited

New York, New Museum, Here and Elsewhere, 2014.

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Lot Essay

Abdul Hay Mosallam Zarara is a self-taught artist whose work explores ideas of memory, resistance and collective action. After briefly serving in the Jordanian Air Force, he joined the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) in the late 1960s. Mosallam served with the PLO in Libya where he developed the bas-relief technique that became a signature of his paintings. He currently lives and works in Amman, Jordan.

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