artist book;
print;
drawing
- Museum number
- 2006,0203,0.1
- Title
- Object: Birds die in Galilee
- Description
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Unbound hand-made artist's book; China ink, watercolour and monoprint on 30 folded sheets of paper. Inscription and illustration of the poem 'Birds die in Galilee' by Mahmoud Darwish. Each of the 30 pages consists of 3 sections: 2 outer leaves, one of which has the verse of poetry, and an inner page with a separate monoprint.
- Production date
- 2001
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.50 centimetres (closed book)
-
Width: 22 centimetres (closed book)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2014/15 1 Oct- 1 Mar, The British Museum, 'Poetry & Exile'
2008 7 Feb-30 Apr, Dubai International Finance Centre, Word into Art, cat.31a-d
2006 18 May-2 Sept, London, BM, Word into Art, cat.27a-d
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Birds die in Galilee, poetry of Mahmoud Darwish
- Acquisition date
- 2006
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2006,0203,0.1