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SAMI BURHAN - Composition of Arabic Letters XII - Dimensional Lithograph, early - signed artist proof - Middle Eastern/ Syrian Art. Overall dimensions are 19 x 28 inches I’m not sure of the date, it’s been in the family the entire time, part of a larger collection that has never been opened, framed or matted. Syrian artist Sami Burhan is noted for his pioneering use of calligraphy in non-objective art alongside seminal painters such as Nasser Chaura and Mahmoud Hammad, who co-founded the Letterism school in 1964. Apprentice of Husein Husni, the first calligrapher at the court of the Istanbul sultan The Letterism group first galvanized artists to explore the potential of pre-modern forms, namely Arabic calligraphy, as the bases for abstraction.
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