LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on board

Measurements:

57.01 in. (144.80 cm.) (height) by 35.98 in. (91.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'T. Halim' (lower right); signed 'T. Halim' (lower left); signed, titled and inscribed in Arabic (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Venice, XXX International Venice Biennale, June-October 1960, no. 15 (titled: I Darvisci )

Literature:

Dr. S. Sharouny, Tahia Halim Mythical Realism , Cairo 1999, no. 245/58 (illustrated in colour, p. 77)

Provenance:

Collection of the Artist. Private Collection of David Wirmark, Stockholm (by whom acquired directly from the artist), thence by descent to the present owner