This artwork is located in Lebanon.
The Apple and The Bottle
2014
Youssef Abdelke (b. 1951)
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charcoal on cardboard
40 x 53 cm
signed and dated in arabic (lower left)
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Private Collection.
Acquired from the artist by the present owner.
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Lebanon
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ABOUT Youssef Abdelke
Lives in Syria From cynically drawn figures to symbolic still lifes many of Youssef Abdelke’s series contain commentary about the conflict in Syria. During the war, he explained, “I think all the works in one way or another try to express the concerns and emotions of the ordinary Syrian citizen amid this huge river of blood.” Born in...
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