Testimony of a Journey: The Al Zayani Collection

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Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar

Ceremonial Dress

Auction Closed

April 25, 12:49 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar

1925 - 1966

Ceremonial Dress


signed in Arabic and English El Gazzar (lower left)

ink on paper

15.5 by 17 cm.; 6 by 6¾ in.

framed: 52 by 48.5 cm.; 20½ by 19 in.

Executed in circa 1963.

Christie's, Dubai, 11 November 2013, lot 303
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Dr. S. Al-Sharouny, A Museum in a Book: The Farsi Art Collection: "The Egyptian Works" Owned by Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi, Cairo, 1998, pp. 282 and 295, no. 13/37 (illustrated).
Dr. S. Sharouny, Abdel Hadi Al-Gazzar, Cairo, 2007, p. 69 (illustrated in colour).
Dr. E. Hosni, Contemporary Art Group: A Surviving Wealth of Admirable Art, Cairo, 2009, p.78 (illustrated in colour).
A. Al Hindy, Abdul Hadi El-Gazzar: Reading into the Consciousness of People (in Arabic), Cairo, 2010, p. 253 (illustrated in colour).