12 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Nuri Iyem’s three graces, with Footnotes #74
May 26, 2023
UNTITLED, c. 1970
Oil on canvas,
80 by 120 cm.; 31½ by 47¼ in.
Private collection
“The trio portraits are a theme meticulously guarded and cherished by Iyem within his oeuvre. The three graces of mythology who transform the judgement of Paris to the screams of Troy roam through the paintings of Botticelli and Rubens to reach the modern day while for Iyem, these female portraits also represent the wholesomeness of the Anatolian woman”…