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Jean Lurçat | “LE GÉANT”
Description
woven
Lurçat 1929
wool
129 x 77 in. (327.6 x 195.6 cm)
1929
in collaboration with the weaver Marthe Hennebert
Auction
Important Design
From May 23, 2019 to May 23, 2019 in New York
AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Description
AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURYArabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled cream paper, 178 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 7 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, green, red and black, verses separated by black-outlined gold roundels, the wordAllahpickedout in red, the bifolia f.1b-2a and f.8b-9a with illuminated headings (‘unwan) and gold and polychrome borders, illustrations of Mecca (f.29b), Medina (f.30b) and the tombs of the first three Caliphs (f.31a), in modern leather gilt-stamped binding, with flaptext panel: 17.7 by 8.5cm.leaf: 24.5 by 14cm.
Auction
THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
From Oct. 23, 2019 to Oct. 23, 2019 in London
