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"Travel, if you aspire to a certain renown. It is in roaming the heavens that the crescent becomes the full moon." Ibn Qalaqis, 11th century
"Travel, if you aspire to a certain renown. It is in roaming the heavens that the crescent becomes the full moon." Ibn Qalaqis, 11th century

"Travel, if you aspire to a certain renown. It is in roaming the heavens that the crescent becomes the full moon."
Ibn Qalaqis, 11th century

Artist (Iraqi, 1944)
Date1997
Geographic OriginFrance | Iraq
MediumWatercolor on Paper
DimensionsOverall: H 29 1/2 x W 21 5/8 in. (H 75 x W 55 cm)
Credit LinePurchase 2016 Contemporary Art Society of Great Britain Fund
Object number2016.2.1
Copyright© Hassan Massoudy
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Object NameWatercolor | Painting
Title Details
Artist title "Travel, if you aspire to a certain renown. It is in roaming the heavens that the crescent becomes the full moon." Ibn Qalaqis, 11th century
InscriptionsObject signed and titled along bottom edge is english, french, and arabic handwritten script.Exhibition History"Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam through Time & Place", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (February 12 - May 15, 2016).

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