Untitled (The Space Man)
Details
ABD AL-HADI EL-GAZZAR (1925, ALEXANDRIA - 1966, CAIRO)
Untitled (The Space Man)
signed and dated 'Elgazzar 1964' (lower right)
pen and ink on paper
13 ¾ x 10 3/8in. (35 x 26.5cm.)
Executed in 1964
Untitled (The Space Man)
signed and dated 'Elgazzar 1964' (lower right)
pen and ink on paper
13 ¾ x 10 3/8in. (35 x 26.5cm.)
Executed in 1964
Provenance
The Artist's Estate, Cairo.
Literature
B. Abou Ghazi, 'Abdel Hadi Al-Gazzar: le voyage d'une vie tres courte', in El-Helal, no. 4, 1966 (illustrated).
A. Roussillon and C. Roussillon, Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar 1925⁄1966, Cairo 1990 (illustrated, p. 144; titled The Astronut).
S. Al-Shahrouni, Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar, Cairo 2007 (illustrated in colour, pp. 22, 94; titled The Astronut).
V. Didier and Dr. H. Rashwan, El- Gazzar: The Complete Works, vol. I, Paintings, Paris 2023 (illustrated in colour, p. 146).
V. Didier and Dr. H. Rashwan, El- Gazzar: The Complete Works, vol. II, Drawings, Paris 2023, no. D414 (illustrated in colour, p. 259).
A. Roussillon and C. Roussillon, Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar 1925⁄1966, Cairo 1990 (illustrated, p. 144; titled The Astronut).
S. Al-Shahrouni, Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar, Cairo 2007 (illustrated in colour, pp. 22, 94; titled The Astronut).
V. Didier and Dr. H. Rashwan, El- Gazzar: The Complete Works, vol. I, Paintings, Paris 2023 (illustrated in colour, p. 146).
V. Didier and Dr. H. Rashwan, El- Gazzar: The Complete Works, vol. II, Drawings, Paris 2023, no. D414 (illustrated in colour, p. 259).
Exhibited
Cairo, Galerie Akhenaton, 4eme Exposition, peintures et dessins, A. El Gazzar, 1964, no. 34 (titled L'homme de l'espace).
Sale room notice
Please note that the work is included in the Catalogue Raisonné of El Gazzar edited by Valerie Didier and Dr. Hussam Rashwan.
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