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2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work"

Tue, Sep 29, 2026 12:00PM EDT - Wed, Oct 14, 2026 12:00PM EDT
  2026-09-29 12:00:00 2026-10-14 12:00:00 America/New_York Drawing Center Drawing Center : 2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work" https://auction.drawingcenter.org/auctions/the-drawing-center/2026-benefit-auction-the-world-is-the-work-24728
This year's benefit auction and exhibition, "The World Is The Work", brings together artists, curators, and art lovers from The Drawing Center's community. Each guest curator will present a selection of five or more works on paper by artists they admire. Works will be on view at The Drawing Center from October 7 through October 11, and will be available for purchase through a silent auction benefiting The Drawing Center and participating artists. Bidding will begin on September 29 at 12:00 pm ET and end on October 14 at 12:00 pm ET. The Drawing Center rbrickman@drawingcenter.org
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Farid Haddad, "Artificial Destruction No. II", 1970
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Farid Haddad, "Artificial Destruction No. II", 1970

Estimate: $7,000 - $7,000
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Artificial Destruction No. II, 1970
Ink on Vellum
Signed and dated lower right: Farid Haddad 1970
Titled lower left: "ARTIFICIAL DESTRUCTION No. II"

Unframed: 17 3/4 x 11 5/8 inches (45.1 x 25.2 cm)
Framed: 26 1/4 x 17 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches (66.7 x 44.8 x 3.2 cm)

 

Courtesy of The Artist and Van Doren Waxter

 

Farid Haddad was born in Beirut, Lebanon, 1945. In 1969, he graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from the American University of Beirut. He then earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. His first solo show was held at the John F. Kennedy American Center in Beirut in 1971. It was followed by exhibitions at Contact Art Gallery in Beirut in 1972, Sultan Gallery in Kuwait City in 1972, and Delta International Art Center, Beirut, in 1973 and 1975. Throughout the late seventies and 1980s he has had solo exhibitions in New York City, Paris, and Rome. In 1972 he was the recipient of a Fulbright-Hays grant, which he used to explore lithography in New York City. He has participated in more than fifty group exhibitions in Europe, the Middle East and North America. His work is held in public collections internationally, including The Nicholas Sursock Museum in Beirut, the American University of Beirut Galleries and Collections, the Saradar Collection, Beirut, and the Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut. 

 

Selected by Julia Trotta

Overall Dimensions
Height: 22.25 in
Width: 17.68 in
Depth: 1.25 in

Artworks purchased at the auction will be available for pickup at The Drawing Center beginning on October 19, 2026. Wrapping of the artwork is provided.

Please call ahead (212.219.2166 x216) to let us know when you plan to come pick up your work.

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