LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

39.37 in. (100.00 cm.) (height) by 31.50 in. (80.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'R.Y.' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Cairo, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, 1963.

Literature:

Exh. Cat., Exposition Ramsès Younan, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Cairo, June 1963 (illustrated; dated 1940). ‘Une crise cardiaque surprend le peintre surréaliste’, in Al Ahram, Cairo, 25 December 1966 (illustrated ; titled in Arabic and translated as ‘The devouring passion’). S. El-Sharouny, ‘La culture, la révolte et Ramsès Younan’, in El Mégala, Cairo, n°37, 1 February 1967 (illustrated). M. Shafik, ‘Ramsès et la génération de la révolte’, in El Founoun, Cairo, n°2, 1 March 1971 (illustrated). Y. Francis, ‘Les collections entre encouragements et estime’, in Al Ahram, Cairo, 20 August 1971 (illustrated). S. El-Sharouny, ‘La culture, la révolte et Ramsès Younan: L’intellectuel révolté’, in El Doha, nos. 124 & 125, 1986. S. El-Sharouny, L’intellectuel révolté, Cairo, 1992 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Private collection, Cairo. Acquired from the above by the present owner.