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Hayv Kahraman
Search2016

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Painting on tan ground showing roughly twenty repeated figures of the same woman in varied poses, rendered in flat graphic style with black hair, red lips, and pale skin
Painting on linen-toned ground depicting multiple female figures in various poses, some partial or fragmentary, rendered in pale cream tones with red lips and black hair. X-shaped cross-stitch marks overlay portions of two figures' torsos and hands. Fine, precise linework with flat, stylized treatment.
Artist or Maker
Hayv Kahraman
Iraq, active United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1981
Title
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Date Made
2016
Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
96 × 73 in. (243.84 × 185.42 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased by AHAN: Studio Forum, with additional funds provided by Holly and Albert Baril, 2017 Art Here and Now purchase
Accession Number
M.2017.227
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Komaroff, Linda, Stephanie Rouinfar, Sandra Williams, and Sarah Mostafa Ahmed. Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2023. https://archive.org/details/women-defining-women (accessed January 12, 2024).
Copyright
© Hayv Kahraman

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