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**EXQUISITE ~ EXCELLENT CONDITION** ~~ READY TO HANG ~~ *** RARE, VINTAGE, ONE OF A KIND *** MANEZHA HEWAD'S 2009 ORIGINAL ACRYLIC ARTWORK CALLED "WANT" Hand Signed, Framed & Matted, Under Glass Approximate Image Size: 10"W x 13.5"H Matted & Framed Size: 16.5"W x 20.5"H This piece was originally professionally matted & framed remains in its original condition. A beautiful addition to any art lover's collection! The artwork is in its original condition - frame, mat and glass, as well as the staples in the corners of the frame. I'm not sure if they were put in place to ensure the frame's sturdiness during shipping and going through customs (as noted by the "Department of State Diplomatic Security 1051210 label on the back of the artwork). The label on the front of the artwork tells a brief history of the artist and was placed there when the artwork was hung on display. This is an excerpt from an article By Duniya Aslam Khan: eds. Kate Bond and Tim Gaynor | 26 November 2015> " Every stroke of Manizha’s brush tells a story. Through her art, hundreds of women have been given a voice, a chance to speak out about their harrowing experiences of life under the Taliban . But each painting reminds Manizha, a 26-year-old Afghan refugee, of her own struggle, which began in 1997 when she and her family were forced to flee Kabul. Even now, she can still remember the family’s desperate break for the border. “En route to Pakistan our van was stopped by the Taliban,” she says. “They searched our belongings, took all our family photos out and [set fire] to them, saying, ‘It’s forbidden’. A cold shiver still runs down my spine when I think of that moment and recall their ferocious faces.” After the family found safety in Pakistan, then eight-year-old Manizha had the chance to attend school for the first time in her life. She quickly rose to the top of the class and even began funding her own studies . But, as the years went by, a sense of despair that Manizha felt in exile only increased. “I was angry at the treatment of Afghan women,” she says. “I was sad about the war in my country and I had so much going on inside my head which I wanted to vent through writing, but I did not have enough money to get admission to a university master’s degree programme.” In time, she turned to art, and decided to focus instead on drawing lessons. Her paintings were so compelling that her first two were sold on the second day of an exhibition , giving her the confidence to carry on. Today, Manizha is working on a series of nine paintings called ‘The Untold Narrative’ about the suppression of Afghan women under the Taliban. She works on canvas with oil paints, acrylics and charcoal. Each painting focuses on her main character’s struggle, which according to Manizha may not otherwise have ever been heard ." GMR#0089-00550 WE HAVE MARKED THIS UNKIT DOWN BELOW COST AS WE ARE NO LONGER IN THE ARTWORK BUSINESS !!!