Testimony of a Journey: The Al Zayani Collection
Testimony of a Journey: The Al Zayani Collection
Gazbia Sirry
The Garden
Auction Closed
April 25, 12:49 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Gazbia Sirry
B. 1925
The Garden
signed and dated in Arabic and English Gazbia '59 (lower right)
oil on canvas
90 by 140 cm.; 35½ by 55 in.
framed: 100 by 150.5 cm.; 39¼ by 59¼ in.
Executed in 1959.
Zamalek Gallery, Cairo
Private Collection (acquired directly from the above in 2005)
Sotheby's, London, 23 October 17, lot 24
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection (acquired directly from the above in 2005)
Sotheby's, London, 23 October 17, lot 24
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Mursi Saad El-Din (ed.), Gazbia Sirry, Lust for Color, Cairo, 1998, n.p. (illustrated in black and white).
Phaidon Editors, African Artists: From 1882 to Now, London, 2021, p. 299 (illustrated in colour).
Phaidon Editors, African Artists: From 1882 to Now, London, 2021, p. 299 (illustrated in colour).
Cairo, Zamalek Gallery, Egyptian Artists; Masterpieces III, 2005