Cedar of Lebanon (design): The text accompanying Mourani’s painting underscores the role of art in the acclimation of the nation-state, Describing the role of painters in celebrating the cedar aligns them to artists working in the culturally sanctioned forms of poetry: "As the poets do in their songs, painters immortalize this symbol of force and duration on the canvas". (Sarah Rogers, 2020: 18)
country: Liban (Paris)
year: 1937
Yvert: 151
