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calligraphy
Object Type
calligraphy
Museum number
2003,0328,0.3
Description
Arabic calligraphy in thuluth script and written in different directions. Black ink on paper.
Producer name
Made by:
Ghani Alani
School/style
Middle East & North Africa Modern Art
Production date
1990-2000
(circa)
Materials
paper
Dimensions
Height:
60 centimetres
Width:
50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Porter 2006 / Word into Art: Artists of the Middle East
(14)
Porter 2003 / Mightier than the sword: Arabic script - beauty and meaning
(46)
Porter & Barakat 2004 / Mightier than the Sword: Arabic Script: Beauty and Meaning
(110)
Akbarnia et al 2018 / The Islamic World: a History in Objects
(p.38, fig.1)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2014 9 Feb- 8 Apr, Madinah (Medina), Meridian Hotel, 'Word' 2008 7 Feb-30 Apr, Dubai International Finance Centre, Word into Art, cat.17 2006 18 May-2 Sept, London, BM, Word into Art, cat.14 2003 22 Mar-25 May, University of Melbourne, Ian Potter Museum of Art, 'Mightier than the Sword'
Subjects
calligraphy
poetry
Associated titles
Inscription from:
the mu'allaqa (or 'hanging poem')
(poem of the pre-Islamic poet Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma)
Funder name
Funded by:
Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund
Acquisition date
2003
Department
Middle East
Registration number
2003,0328,0.3
Conservation
Treatment
: 28 Mar 2006
Treatment
: 15 Mar 2006