Description: POWERFUL AND EMOTIONALLY PROFOUND ANTIQUE MIDDLE EAST ISLAMIC ARAB IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS. (CIRCA 1931). THIS WORK DEPICTS A DEVOUT MUSLIM MAN KNEELING IN PRAYER ON A STYLIZED RUG. HIS POSTURE IS REVERENT, HIS HEAD FULLY BOWED, AND ARMS STRETCHED AS HE FACES TOWARD MECCA, THE SPIRITUAL CENTER OF ISLAM. BESIDE HIM, A MAJESTIC CAMEL STANDS TALL, ITS FORM REFLECTING OFF THE DESERT SAND. THE CAMELS PRESENCE ADDS A SENSE OF ANCIENT TRADITION AND NOMADIC LIFE TO THE SCENE, SYMBOLIZING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE DESERT ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROFOUND PAINTING CAPTURES THE SPIRITUAL AND NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE MIDDLE EAST. POWERFUL AND CAPTIVATING. IT HAS AN ILLEGIBLE SIGNATURE AND DATE IN THE LOWER RIGHTHAND CORNER. THE DATE APPEARS TO BE 31 MEANING 1931. GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. THERE’S MILD PAINT-LOSS AND WEAR AS SHOWN. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. DIMENSIONS: 27”H x 43”W The five daily Islamic prayers. Fajr (prayed at dawn) Dhuhr (prayed at midday) Asr (prayed in the afternoon) Maghrib (prayed at sunset) Isha (prayed at night)
Price: 2800 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Artist: Illegible Signature
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Illegible Signature
Size: Large
Signed: Yes
Period: Art Deco (1920-1940)
Material: Canvas
Item Length: 43 in
Framing: Framed
Subject: Landscape, Figures, Animal
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1930s
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 27 in
Theme: Art, People, Religious, Middle Eastern Impressionist
Style: Impressionism, Figurative Art
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Culture: Arab Saudi Arabia Dubai Art Islam Muslim Allah Religious
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 43 in
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
