Jewad Selim is one of the defining figures of twentieth century Middle Eastern visual culture and the key protagonist of Iraqi Modernism. In the 1950’s, Selim forged a distinctive movement which sought to express modern Iraqi identity by combining traditional, local forms of artistic expression with the visual language of the European avant-garde. This volume brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive Catalogue raisonné of the artist's paintings and sculptures, beginning with his early teenage artistic exercises and culminating in his iconic mature work.