Fahrelnissa Zeid

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Zeid made this painting when she was living in London in the 1950s. In 1949, she had taken her first transatlantic flight and was captivated by the abstract perspective of aerial views. She later translated their scale and feeling into the whirling shapes that appear in this painting. A divisionist effect is achieved, whereby individual patches of colour are built up to create an overall composition.

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