25th Oct, 2023 12:00
Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art
57
HASAN HOURANI (PALESTINIAN 1974-2003)
UNTITLED (FEMALE FIGURE)
acrylic on canvas
81 x 52.5cm; 32 x 20 1/2in
Property of a Private Collector, New York
Hourani was a born in Hebron, Palestine and attended the College of Fine Art in Baghdad from 1993-97. In 2001 he arrived in New York and presented his exhibition One Day, One Night at the UN. He then studied at the Art Students League of New York and continued to live in the city for several years.
In 2003, he returned home for a visit. Like nearly all West Bank Palestinians, he had been barred from traveling across the Green Line to see the sea for many years; but during this trip home, he was able to visit the Mediterranean shore. On August 6, 2003 he went swimming with his young nephew Samer Abu Ajamieh and their girlfriends from Ramallah, and both men drowned near the Port of Jaffa.
His work has been exhibited in Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, South Korea, New York and Houston.
Sold for £4,000
UNTITLED (FEMALE FIGURE)
acrylic on canvas
81 x 52.5cm; 32 x 20 1/2in
Property of a Private Collector, New York
Hourani was a born in Hebron, Palestine and attended the College of Fine Art in Baghdad from 1993-97. In 2001 he arrived in New York and presented his exhibition One Day, One Night at the UN. He then studied at the Art Students League of New York and continued to live in the city for several years.
In 2003, he returned home for a visit. Like nearly all West Bank Palestinians, he had been barred from traveling across the Green Line to see the sea for many years; but during this trip home, he was able to visit the Mediterranean shore. On August 6, 2003 he went swimming with his young nephew Samer Abu Ajamieh and their girlfriends from Ramallah, and both men drowned near the Port of Jaffa.
His work has been exhibited in Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, South Korea, New York and Houston.
Auction: Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art, 25th Oct, 2023
