Adolf Karol Sandoz (Polish, b. circa 1845)
Prayer at Sunset outside Barka, Oman
signed, dated and inscribed 'A Sandoz. 1880. Birka' (lower left)
oil on canvas
18½ x 41¼ in. (47 x 104.1 cm.)
Painted in 1880
Lot Essay
Barka (Birka) is a historic coastal town west of Muscat in Oman, which flourished during the Ya'aruba and the Bu Said dynasties. In the present lot the high Oman mountains are seen in the background.
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