LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on board

Measurements:

43.31 in. (110.00 cm.) (height) by 27.56 in. (70.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Arabic and signed 'Elgazzar' (lower left); inscribed in Arabic (on the reverse)

Literature:

L. Karnouk, Modern Egyptian Art: The emergence of a national style, Cairo, 1988 (illustrated in colour; titled: The Green Cockerel, pl. 16). A. Roussillon & C.Roussillon, Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar 1925-1966, Cairo, 1990 (illustrated in colour, p. 91 and detail illustrated in colour, p. 90). S. El-Bissy, ‘Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar: Processions of Magic’, in Egyptian Arts, Cairo, January 2005 (illustrated in colour, p. 78). S. Al-Sharouny, Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar, Cairo, 2007 (illustrated, p. 65). I.El Hindy, Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar, Cairo, 2007 (illustrated in colour, p. 121). P. Kane, The Politics of Art in Modern Egypt: Aesthetics, Ideology and Nation-Building, New York, 2013 (illustrated, p. 75). A. Esmat, The Artist Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar, Egypt 2016 (illustrated p. 84).

Provenance:

Aïda Ayoub, Cairo (by whom acquired directly from the artist). Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1986.