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Abstract Blue and Green Wool Textile - shown to scale
Yahya Al sheikh

Abstract Blue and Green Wool Textile

Estimated price$6,909 – $12,831

Wool

140 × 100 cm | 55.1 × 39.4 in

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About the work

A richly textured wool composition in deep blues and greens, featuring vertical forms, scattered cross marks, and an earthy base of teal vegetation rising from a pale ground. The expressive layering of fibers creates a moody, atmospheric depth reminiscent of a nocturnal landscape.

Yahya Al sheikh (Iraq, 1945–present).

Wool, 100 × 140 cm.

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

Medium
Size
140 × 100 cm | 55.1 × 39.4 in
Rarity
Unique
Certificate of authenticity
Included
Genre
Colours
Blue, Green, Purple
Location
Amman, Jordan

About the artist

Yahya Al sheikh — Wool, 100 × 140 cm (representative image)
Yahya Al sheikh

Iraq, b. 1945

Yahya Al Sheikh (يحيى الشيخ), born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1945, is a prominent Iraqi artist recognized for his contributions to contemporary Arab art. Al Sheikh’s practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation, often reflecting on themes of memory, displacement, and the complexities of identity shaped by his experiences in Iraq and the diaspora. His visual language is characterized by expressive abstraction, frequently incorporating calligraphic elements and symbolic references to Iraqi heritage.

Al Sheikh’s work has been exhibited in significant institutional settings, including the Iraqi Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, underscoring his international stature. He has also participated in major group exhibitions at the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha and the Sharjah Art Museum, further cementing his reputation within the Middle Eastern art scene. His pieces have appeared at major auction houses such as Christie’s and Bonhams, where they have attracted interest from collectors of modern Arab art, reflecting his enduring influence and market presence.

Throughout his career, Yahya Al Sheikh has remained deeply engaged with the evolving narrative of Iraqi art, both as a practitioner and as an advocate for cultural preservation. His work continues to resonate with audiences worldwide, bridging the personal and the collective through a distinctively modern yet rooted aesthetic.

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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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Abstract Expressionism

A postwar movement built on spontaneous, gestural abstraction and broad fields of color, conveying feeling without recognizable subjects. Its freedom shaped many Arab modernists exploring abstraction in their own visual language.
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