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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Farid Belkahia, La mise à feu de la bibliothèque de bagdad, 2004

Farid Belkahia 1934-2014

La mise à feu de la bibliothèque de bagdad, 2004
25h x 75w
Watercolor on Arches vellum paper
Edition of 12
A poem by Etel Adnan, painted by Farid Belkahia on Arches vellum, The text is printed on the front.
This beautiful work was composed in lead by François Huin, master printer in L'Hay-les-Roses, and printed on the Saig presses.
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