• International Modern & Contemp auction at Christies

    Sale 7893

    International Modern & Contemporary Art, Including Masterpieces from The Collection of Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi

    Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel

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    27 April 2010

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    Lot 20

    Abdul Hadi El-Gazzar (Egyptian, 1925 - 1965)

    Abstraction 2

    Price realised

    USD 37,500

    Estimate

    USD 30,000 - USD 40,000

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    Abdul Hadi El-Gazzar (Egyptian, 1925 - 1965)
    Abstraction 2
    signed and dated 'A. Elgazzar 59' (lower left); signed and inscribed in Arabic (on the reverse)
    oil on board
    25 x 30¼in. (65 x 77cm.)
    Painted in 1959

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Sobhy Al-Sharouny, A Museum in a Book: The Farsi Art Collection "The Egyptian Works" Owned by Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi, Cairo, 1998 (illustrated in colour, p.298 and illustrated p.283 ref 5/38)
    Sobhy Al-Sharouny, Abdel Hadi Al-Gazzar, Cairo, 2007 (illustrated in colour, p.90)


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    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. MOHAMMED SAID FARSI

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