LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

38.39 in. (97.50 cm.) (height) by 27.48 in. (69.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'M. SAID 1929' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Alexandria, Musée des Beaux-Arts et Centre Culturel, Exposition retrospective des oeuvres du peintre laureat MAHMOUD SAID A l'occasion du Douxieme Anniversaire de la Revolution, 25 July - 1 September 1964 (illustrated).

Literature:

La Semaine Egyptienne, No. 3-4, 31 January 1936, no.53 in list of known works (unillustrated). Esmat Dawastashy, Mahmoud Said (in Arabic), Cairo, 1997 (illustrated in colour, p.125, illustrated p.299, fig. 71 in the list of known works). 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.101 and illustrated p.94 ref 30/31). Liliane Karnouk, Modern Egyptian Art 1910-2003, Cairo, 2005 (illustrated in colour, p.26).

Provenance:

Aly Bey Kamal, Alexandria, by 1936. Mme. Marthe Aziz Amad, by 1964.