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Ayagallery holds a collection of quality artwork by Iraq's most prominent artists.  This includes works of the forefathers including Abdul Qadir Rassam, Mohammed Saleh Zeki, Assim Hafidh and Haj Mohammed Selim; the pioneering generation including Jewad Selim, Faik Hassan, Hafidh al-Drobi, Shaker Hassan Al Said, Atta Sabri, Akram Shukri, Nouri al-Rawi, Khaled al-Jadir, Neziha Selim, Faraj Abu, the 1960s and 70s generation including Azzawi, Issam El Said, Ismail Fattah, Kadhim Hayder, Rafa al-Nasiri, Saleh al-Jumai, Rakan Dabdoub, Hassan Abid Alwan, Ardash, Nuha al-Radi, Sami Haqqi and the 1980s generation including Rashad Selim, Hana Mal Allah, Maysaloun Faraj, Mohammed al-Shimmery, Saadi Dawood, Sadik Alfraji, Nedim Muhsin, Kerim Rissin, Fakhir Mohammed, Walid al-Qaisi, Said Chinien, Sina Ata, Leila Kubba, Ghassan Gaib, Amer Khalil, Hashim Hannoon, Amer al-Obaidi, Said Farhan, Karim Farhan, Alaa Siraih, Hussain al-Tai, Halla Ayla, Nadya Mousawi and Athier as well as important others.



Two Women with Cat   
Oil on canvas   
78x60cm
2003   
HAA004   


Warka Temple Wall I   
Mixed media   
80x80cm
HMA011  


Ashiq al-Tuyour   
Oil on canvas   
58x48cm
1956   
SHAS204



Ardash

Women   

Oil on paper   
70x48cm
1951      
A201   



The Grey Years I   
Oil on paper   
43x28cm
2002
SA001


Untitled
100x100cm
1986
DA712
NFS

Green   
A/P limited edition print  
54x56cm
1983
DA009   



Going to the Market
Mixed media on hardboard
100x100cm
2005
NA002  


Shock and Awe
Bronze    
63x32x20cm
2004
NCh001


Qassaíd Hub
(Love Poem)

Ink on paper   
23x34cm  
1975             
RD018
Commissioned in the mid 1970s by the poet Nizar Qabbani to illustrate one of his most famous anthologies Qassaíd l'Imreá Mutewah'hisha (Poems for a Beastly Woman).

Qassaíd Hub
(Love Poem)

Ink on paper
22x24cm
1974  
RD 016


Jealousy   
Acrylic on canvas   
40x40cm
2002   
SD012 


Blind Man in Market   
Oil on canvas   
70x50cm
1978
HD206
NFS  




Letter from a Burning City   
Earthstone, lusters & gold   
27x28cm   
2004
MFC001



Book   
Mixed media on paper   
28x60cm
2005              
KF 003
(SOLD)


Valise 18  
Mixed media on canvas   
137x170cm
2006 
SF018 
SOLD


Woman with Necklace   
Watercolour on paper   
41x30cm
1995
MH006



Still Life with Pomygranites
Oil on canvas on board   
25x33cm
1951
AH201   



Hut and Palm   
Oil on canvas   
20x25cm
n.d.
KJ201   


Inscriptions
Mixed media on canvas
NFS

Ughnia li Salem al-Marzouq   
A/P IX limited edition etching
53x53cm 
1975       
SJ201   



Whispers   
Oil on canvas   
71x86cm
1992    
EAK 002  


Two Women in Kurdistan (detail)   
Mixed media on paper   
28x40cm
2001   
IK001
NFS



Women from Babylon 
Oil on Canvas
2003
BK001


Baghdad Cafe
Acrylic on canvas
34x89cm
2005
FL002


Old Document   
Indian ink on paper   
40x50cm
2004   
IM001




Old City
Oil color on canvas
120x90cm
2007
SOLD


Rain Symphony (detail 1)
Layered textile and stitch
100x200cm
2006
NM005


Purple Horizon
BAT Etching   
17x19cm
1982   
RN001  


Nafithet al-Tiyour 
Oil on canvas 
90x90cm
2002 
AO002 


Landscape of the Letter Meem
Oil on canvas   
80x60cm       
1965
MO200   




White Figure
Earthenware
2003
25x21x15cm
WQ 003 


Bird     
Mixed media on canvas   
100x80cm
1998
MQ012   



Rendevous
2/3 Etching
37x28cm
1997
NR 165


Village Scene   
Oil on canvas 
70x50cm 
1972  
NR201   



Wall I   
10/15 Etching  
49x33cm  
2002   
KR004




Ayet al-Kursi (brown)   
Oil on canvas
90x90cm
circa 1979
IS257
SOLD


Monument of Freedom (preparatory drawing)
Watercolour, ink and coloured pencil on paper   
43x34cm
1958
JS003 SideA
SOLD


Khullani Mosque   
Oil on board   
27x95cm
1964
LS001
NFS


Survivor    
Wood  
120x15x10cm
2007   
RS201
NFS 


Turbulent Sky
Oil on canvas on board   
25x20cm
1961
ASa002   



Mosque    
Oil on wood   
37x37cm
1959   
ASh202


Summer Landscape   
Oil on canvas   
60x60cm
1940
MSZ201   



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