The late Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, (1901 – 1991) a Turkish
artist whose work blended the elements of Islamic and Byzantine art with
western influences, was married into the Hashemite royal family of Iraq and is
the mother of Prince Ra'ad, the claimant to the Iraqi throne.
A fabulous collection of her work, previously unknown, will
be sold by Bonhams on October 2nd in New Bond Street. The collection came to
light when a former employee of the family unearthed a box containing over 150
sketches, drawings, canvases, notebooks and letters, given to him when the
artist moved residences.