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Man and Woman Shaking Hands - shown to scale
Sattar Kawoush

Man and Woman Shaking Hands, 1997

Estimated price$5,600 – $10,400

Mixed Media on Canvas

92 × 82 cm | 36.2 × 32.3 in

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About the work

Two boldly stylised figures — a woman in red and a man in green — clasp hands in a charged meeting, their angular forms and vivid colours rendered in a Cubist-inspired style against a striated teal background.

Sattar Kawoush (Iraq).

Mixed Media on Canvas, 82 × 92 cm, 1997.

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

Medium
Size
92 × 82 cm | 36.2 × 32.3 in
Year
1997
Rarity
Unique
Certificate of authenticity
Included
Genre
Colours
Red, Blue, Green
Location
Amman, Jordan

About the artist

Sattar Kawoush — Oil on Canvas, 50 × 58 cm (representative image)
Sattar Kawoush

Iraq

Sattar Kawoosh, born in Baghdad in 1963, is an Iraqi visual artist renowned for his vibrant and expressive paintings. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1990. In 2001, Kawoosh relocated to the Netherlands, where he continues to develop his artistic practice.

Kawoosh's work is characterized by a unique blend of Eastern and Western artistic influences, merging the rich narratives of "One Thousand and One Nights" with the decorative elements of Art Nouveau. His paintings often depict intimate moments between men and women, rendered in vivid colors and dynamic compositions. Beyond traditional canvases, he experiments with unconventional formats, including round and oval shapes, as well as three-dimensional pieces like tables and chairs.

Throughout his career, Kawoosh has held over 25 solo exhibitions and participated in approximately 70 group shows across Iraq, Jordan, Italy, the United States, Ukraine, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Notable solo exhibitions include those at Al-Tahrir Gallery in Baghdad (1987), Karas Gallery in Kiev (1996), Van Gogh House in Hoogeveen (2005), and Dar Al-Anda Art Gallery in Amman (2012). His contributions to art have been recognized with several awards, including the third prize at the Modern Iraqi Art Exhibition in Baghdad (1992), the main prize at the same exhibition in 1993, and the Golden Phoenix Award for Best Iraqi Painter in the Netherlands (2011). In 2006, Amnesty International selected his painting "Whispering" for a globally distributed postcard.

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Mixed media

Works combining two or more materials — paint, collage, found objects, text, sand — in a single piece. The approach lets artists layer meaning and material, and is widely used in modern and contemporary MENA art.
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Cubism

A revolutionary early-twentieth-century approach that fractures objects into geometric planes and multiple viewpoints at once. Arab artists such as Jamil Hamoudi adapted its geometry to calligraphic and regional themes.
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