Framed Print : 24th July 2003 Detail from the Hands of Victory monument in Great Celebrations Square inside the International Zone in
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24th July 2003 Detail from the Hands of Victory monument in Great Celebrations Square inside the International Zone in
24th July 2003 Detail from the Hands of Victory monument in Great Celebrations Square inside the International Zone in Baghdad The Arc of Triumph, also called the Swords of Qādisīyah and Hands of Victory, are a pair of triumphal arches. Each arch consists of a pair of hands holding crossed swords. The two arches mark the two entrances to Great Celebrations square and the parade ground constructed to commemorate the Iran-Iraq war, led by then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The arches were opened to the public on August 8, 1989. Iraq's leading sculptor, Adil Kamil, won the commission to design and execute the construction of the arches, which were based on a concept sketch made by president Saddam Hussein. The design consists of a pair of massive hands emerging from the ground, each holding a 43-metre-long sword. A small flagpole rises from the point where the swords meet, at a point about 40 metres above the ground. Kamil used photographs and plaster casts of Saddam's forearms to model for the design of the hands. When Kamil died in 1987, with the monument incomplete, his position was assumed by fellow artist Mohammed Ghani Hikmat. Ghani personally took an impression of one of Saddam's thumbs, and the resulting print was added to the mold for one of the arches thumbs. The blades of the stainless steel swords weigh 22 tonnes each. Cast in Iraq, they are partly composed of metal from guns and tanks of Iraqi soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq war. The hands and arms of the monument are cast in bronze, cast in the United Kingdom. The arms rest on concrete plinths, the form of which make the arms appear to burst up out of the ground. Each plinth holds 2, 500 helmets which, Saddam claimed, belonged to Iranian soldiers killed during the war; they are held in nets which spill them onto the ground beneath
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© Johnny Saunderson
2003 Baghdad Blade Blades Bronze Cross Crossed Gigantic Ground Gulf Hand Hands Huge Hussein International Iran Iranian Iraq Iraqi Large Massive Middle East Monumental Monuments Occupation Parade Saunderson Sculpture Statue Statues Sword Symbolic Symbolism Zone
Modern Frame 12"x10"
10x8 Print in an MDF Wooden Frame with 180 gsm Satin Finish Paper. Glazed using shatter proof thin plexi glass. Frame thickness is 1 inch and depth 0.75 inch. Fluted cardboard backing held with clips. Supplied ready to hang with sawtooth hanger and rubber bumpers. Spot clean with a damp cloth. Packaged foam wrapped in a card.
Ready to Hang Contemporary Framed and Mounted Prints. To ensure the paper is held securely the visible picture may be marginally smaller than quoted.
Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 24.4cm x 19.3cm (9.6" x 7.6")
Estimated Product Size is 30.5cm x 25.4cm (12" x 10")
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