Mukalla

David Shepherd

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Mukalla.
Image size 30" x 19" (76 x 48 cm.)
Overall size complete with french bound mount 37.5" x 27" (95 x 69 cm.)

Mukalla - A centuries old Arab fishing townsituated half-way between Aden and Muscat on the Indian Ocean, inaccessable to the outside world except by sea or air.
A handful of European officials and a few thousand Arabs live and work in the blistering heat at the foot of a sombre red and brown mountain towering over the gleaming white mosque and buildinfs of a community which time has passed by. A few traders' lorries and one car, strip lighting in the main street, and a gramaphone recording for the Muezzin's call to prayer are the only concessions to modern living.
This pictorial record is almost certainly the first painting of Mukalla made by a professional artist.

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