UNTITLED
signed in Arabic Mahi Binebine and numbered 11/30 lower right
lithograph on paper
98 x 74cm; 38 1/2 x 29in
114 x 91 cm; 44 3/4 x 35 3/4in (framed)

Executed in 2023

Sold with a Certificate of Authenticity from the artist

Property from a Private Collection, London

Provenance
Acquired from the publisher by the present owner

Born in Marrakesh, Mahi Binebine moved to Paris in 1980 to pursue his studies in mathematics (which he then taught for eight years). Binebine’s artistic journey began when he visited a museum in Paris for the first time: 'We had nothing of the kind in Morocco, and I was dazzled by this world that I discovered at 18.' This visit ignited a passion for art and literature that would inspire his lifelong creativity and self-expression. After writing his first novel, Le sommeil de l’esclave in 1992, he moved to New York in 1994, where his paintings became part of the permanent collection at the Guggenheim Museum. He returned to France in 1999 but due to its tense political climate, he decided to return to his hometown of Marrakech in 2002, where he currently lives and works as an artist, curator and author.

To date, Mahi has written twelve novels and his books have been translated in more than fifteen languages, whilst his paintings are featured in prestigious museums and collections around the world.