M'hamed ISSIAKHEM [Algerian] (1928-1985) Woman on poem, 1985 Oil on canvas. Poem painting with Kateb Yacine. Poem signed "Kateb Y.". 100 x 81 cm Provenance : Acquired directly from the artist by Benamar Médiène. Exhibition: M'hamed Issiakhem, Musée public national d'art moderne et contemporain, Algiers, December 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011. Bibliography : - Benamar Médiène, Issiakhem, Algiers, Éditions Casbah, 2006, reproduced p. 68. - M'hamed Issiakhem, Musée public national d'art moderne et contemporain, Algiers, Éditions MAMA, FIAC, 2010, reproduced pp. 208-209. - Saeb Eigner, Art of the middle east: modern and contemporary art of the Arab world and Iran, London, New York, Merrell, 2010, reproduced p. 69. M'hamed Issiakhem uses the beginning of this poem in his self-portrait of the same year, reproduced on the cover of the exhibition catalog M'hamed Issiakhem, Musée public national d'art moderne et contemporain, Algiers, Éditions MAMA, FIAC, 2010.