25th Oct, 2023 12:00
Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art
2
† ABDEL HADI AL GAZZAR (EGYPTIAN 1925-1966)
SOAD'S PORTRAIT IN RAS EL BAR (PREPARATORY SKETCH FOR A FIGURE IN PEACE)
signed, titled and dated in Arabic Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar / 29/5/1964 Head of / Soad lower left
pen and indian ink on paper
27.5 x 21.5cm; 10 3/4 x 8 1/2in
58.5 x 50.5cm; 23 x 19 3/4in (framed)
Provenance
Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi
Thence by descent
LiteratureDr Sobhy Al Sharouny, A Museum in a Book, Cairo, 1998, pp. 281 and 288, illustrated
To be included in the Abdel Hadi El Gazzar: Catalogue Raisonné of the paintings by Valerie Didier and Hussam Rashwan
Sold for £2,000
SOAD'S PORTRAIT IN RAS EL BAR (PREPARATORY SKETCH FOR A FIGURE IN PEACE)
signed, titled and dated in Arabic Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar / 29/5/1964 Head of / Soad lower left
pen and indian ink on paper
27.5 x 21.5cm; 10 3/4 x 8 1/2in
58.5 x 50.5cm; 23 x 19 3/4in (framed)
Provenance
Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi
Thence by descent
LiteratureDr Sobhy Al Sharouny, A Museum in a Book, Cairo, 1998, pp. 281 and 288, illustrated
To be included in the Abdel Hadi El Gazzar: Catalogue Raisonné of the paintings by Valerie Didier and Hussam Rashwan
Auction: Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art, 25th Oct, 2023
