Ali SILEM [Algerian] (b. 1947) Les Lumières de Nedjma, 1986 Mixed media and collage on isorel. Signed lower right. Signed on the back. 67.5 x 97 cm Provenance : Acquired directly from the artist by Benamar Médiène. This work is a declaration of love by Ali Silem to Nedjma, the heroine of the poet Kateb Yacine. It was exhibited at Riad el Feth, a cultural center in Algiers, in July 1986, the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Nedjma, a major work by Kateb Yacine, who attended the opening and the symposium devoted to it.