LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

35.04 in. (89.00 cm.) (height) by 46.06 in. (117.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'M. SAID 1934' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'MAHMOUD SAID "LES CHADOUFS" 1934' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

XX Venice Biennale 1938 (label on reverse).

Literature:

Aime Azar, Modern Art in Egypt (in Arabic), Cairo, 2005 (illustrated in colour, p.35). Aime Azar, La Peinture Moderne en Egypte, Cairo, 1961 (illustrated, p. 29, no. 15). Esmat Dawastashy, Mahmoud Said (in Arabic), Cairo, 1997 (fig. 89 in the list of known works, illustrated p.300). Sobhy Al-Sharouny, A Museum in a Book: The Farsi Art Collection "The Egyptian Works" Owned by Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi, Cairo, 1998 (illustrated in colour, p.104 and illustrated p.94 ref 31/31).

Provenance:

Y. Zulficar Collection.