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BAYA (Fatma Haddad Mahiedinne) (Algérie, 1931-1998)

The Bird and the Date Palm, (19)89 Gouache on paper 29.5 x 20.5 cm Signed and dated in Latin letters lower left, and ideogrammed middle left in Arabic. This drawing was produced as a dedication from the artist to the current owner, on the title page of the Signes et Désert exhibition catalog, 1989, cf. next lot. In 1989, Baya took part in a group show in London (Contemporary Art from the Islamic World, Barbican Course Gallery) and Brussels (Signes et Désert, Galerie Ipso). This was also the year in which her adoptive mother, Marguerite Caminat, died. *** Gouache on paper 29.5 x 20.5 cm Signed in Latin letters lower left, and center left in Arabic, dated 89. This drawing was produced as a dedication by the artist to the current owner, on the flyleaf of the 1989 exhibition catalog, see next lot. In 1989, Baya took part in a group exhibition in London (Contemporary Art from the Islamic World, Barbican Course Gallery) and Brussels (Signes et Désert, Galerie Ipso). It was also the year in which her adoptive mother, Marguerite Caminat, died. Born in 1931 in Bordj el Kiffan and died in 1998 in Blida, Algeria, Baya, whose real name was Fatma Haddad, was an Algerian painter belonging to the "1930 generation" of painters who founded modern Algerian pictorial art. Her first exhibition took place at the Galerie Maeght in Paris in 1947, when she was just 16. Her gouache paintings were a rapid success, and she worked alongside Pablo Picasso, André Breton and George Braque. Her pictorial register is inspired by maternal figures, mythical animals and lush flowers. She interpreted this theme endlessly, evolving her palette from 1945 to 1998. Rejecting the labels of surrealism, but especially those of 'naïve' and 'art brut', Baya belongs to no group or current. Her work has enjoyed considerable success, and has been exhibited in Algeria, France, Switzerland, Belgium and the United States. In recent years, retrospectives in New York (Woman of Algiers, Grey Art Gallery, 2018), the United Arab Emirates (Impressions durables, Museum Sharjah Authority, 2021), and France (Femmes en leur Jardin in 2022-2023, at the Institut du monde arabe de Paris and Centre de la vieille charité, Marseilles) have highlighted the breadth of her creation. *** Born in 1931 in Bordj el Kiffan and died in 1998 in Blida, Algeria, Baya, whose real name was Fatma Haddad, was an Algerian painter who belonged to the "1930 generation" of painters who founded modern Algerian pictorial art. She had her first exhibition at the Galerie Maeght in Paris in 1947, when she was just 16. Her gouache paintings were a rapid success, and she worked alongside the likes of Pablo Picasso, André Breton and George Braque. Her pictorial style was inspired by maternal figures, mythical animals and lush flowers. She interpreted this theme endlessly, developing her palette from 1945 to 1998. Rejecting the label of surrealism, but above all that of 'naïve' art and 'art brut', Baya did not belong to any group or movement. Her work has enjoyed considerable success, and has been exhibited in Algeria, France, Switzerland, Belgium and the United States. In recent years, retrospectives in New York (Woman of Algiers, Grey Art Gallery, 2018), the United Arab Emirates (Impressions durables, Museum Sharjah Authority, 2021), and France (Femmes en leur Jardin in 2022-2023, at the Institut du monde arabe in Paris and Centre de la vieille charité, Marseilles) have highlighted the breadth of her creative output.

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BAYA (Fatma Haddad Mahiedinne) (Algérie, 1931-1998)

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