Lot 206: Salah al-Din Ghazal, Contemporary Islamic Calligraphy Painting, 'Iqra' and 'Bismillah'

A contemporary painting on stretched canvas by Salah al-Din Ghazal, featuring Islamic calligraphy. The central composition displays prominent black and white geometric Arabic calligraphy, forming the word "اقْرَأْ" (Iqra – ‘Read!’ or ‘Recite!’), intricately stylized to resemble an architectural or cityscape form. Above this, a line of black Arabic script reads "بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ" (Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim – ‘In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful’). The background is painted with a transitioning wash of light blue at the top and sandy beige at the bottom. The artwork is signed in black Arabic script, "صلاح الدين غزال" (Salah al-Din Ghazal), in the lower right corner.

With frame: Approximately 56 x 48cm