LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache and mixed media heightened with silver and gold on board

Measurements:

24.80 in. (63.00 cm.) (height) by 18.90 in. (48.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed and dated j. majorelle / assikis / Ht Sexaoua 1929 lower left; inscribed in pencil a graver en premier / Assikis (Sexaoua) / grd Atlas / contre-jour on the reverse

Literature:

Felix Marcilhac,. Les Orientalistes, La vie et l'oeuvre de Jacques Majorelle , vol. VII, Courbevoie, 1988, pp. 152-53, catalogued & illustrated

Provenance:

Sale: Christie's, London, 15 June 2015, lot 83. Purchased at the above sale by the present owner