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Woman Profile Before Ornate Gate - shown to scale
Jean Carzou

Woman Profile Before Ornate Gate

Estimated price$987 – $1,833

Lithograph

45 × 70 cm | 17.7 × 27.6 in

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About the work

A large female profile dominates the right foreground, her face rendered in warm amber tones, gazing toward an ornate arched gateway where a solitary figure walks beneath a teal-green sky. The composition blends architectural detail with dreamlike scale, merging the intimate and the monumental in a richly layered scene.

Jean Carzou (France).

Lithograph, 70 × 45 cm.

Part of the permanent collection of the Hindiyeh Museum of Arts, Jordan. One of a kind.

Medium
Size
45 × 70 cm | 17.7 × 27.6 in
Rarity
Limited Edition
Certificate of authenticity
Included
Genre
Colours
Green, Yellow, Orange
Location
Amman, Jordan

About the artist

Jean Carzou — Lithograph , 70 × 45 cm (representative image)
Jean Carzou

France

Jean Carzou (born Karnik Zouloumian, 1907–2000) was a French-Armenian painter and illustrator renowned for his atmospheric cityscapes and dreamlike, architectural compositions. Born in Aleppo, Syria, to Armenian parents, Carzou moved to Paris in 1924 to study architecture, a background that profoundly influenced his artistic vision. His work is characterized by intricate linear structures, often depicting haunting urban ruins and fantastical landscapes rendered in oil, watercolor, and printmaking. Carzou’s distinctive style blends elements of surrealism and symbolism, marked by a meticulous attention to detail and a somber, poetic mood.

Carzou’s art has been exhibited in major institutions, including the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Musée Jean Carzou in Manosque, France, which is dedicated to his oeuvre. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and received significant recognition in France and internationally. His works have been featured in prominent auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, with paintings and works on paper regularly achieving strong results, reflecting sustained collector interest. Carzou also contributed to stage design and illustrated literary classics, further cementing his reputation as a versatile and influential figure in 20th-century art.

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Printmaking

Images made by transferring ink from a prepared surface — etching, lithography, screenprint, woodcut — usually in limited editions. Iraqi artists such as Rafa Nasiri helped make printmaking a serious modern art form across the Arab world.
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Surrealism

Art of the dream and the unconscious, juxtaposing unexpected images to unsettle reason and reveal the irrational. Several Arab modernists embraced its imaginative freedom and symbolism.
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