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Ayesha Durrani
(1976)

A Broken Heart



Ayesha Durrani did not embark her path as an artist until after she was married. Her artwork explores issues of female bondage and arranged marriages in Pakistani culture. Prevalent images in Durrani’s work include roses and mannequins. The artist believes the like roses, women are passionate and precious, but often end up crushed. Similarly, like headless mannequins, women are expected to be innocent and dumb, without a personality. In this...



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  Lot 134 of 140  

WINTER ONLINE AUCTION: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART AND COLLECTIBLES
9-10 DECEMBER 2020

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Ayesha Durrani
A Broken Heart

Signed and dated in Urdu (lower right)
2009
Gold leaf marbling and gouache on Wasli
13 x 10 in (33 x 25.4 cm)

PROVENANCE
Saffronart, 7-8 November 2012, lot 39
Private Collection, UK

EXHIBITED
Pieces, New York: Aicon Gallery, 4 March - 10 April 2010

Category: Painting
Style: Unknown


 









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