ID 1066182
Lot 37 | HAFIDH AL-DROUBI (1914, BAGHDAD - 1991, BAGHDAD)
Estimate value
£ 18 000 – 25 000
Cock fight
signed and dated in Arabic (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 7⁄8 x 38 ¼in. (48 x 97cm.)
Painted in 1967
Provenance
Abbas Al Azzawi, Amman.
Dr Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Collection, Beirut.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Lasnier, ’Quand Picasso inspirait les artistes des avant-gardes arabes’, in Connaissance des arts, 6 April 2022 (illustrated in colour).
A. Nysten, ’The Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation (DAF)’, in Selection Arts Magazine, 21 July 2022 (illustrated in colour).
D. Al-Azzawi, 'Hafidh alDroubi: alFann Sa'adati', in Makou Magazine, issue 4, December 2021 (illustrated in colour, p. 128).
Exhibited
Paris, Institut du monde arabe, Picasso et les avant-gardes arabes, 2022.
Further details
The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Aldroubi family.
| Artist: | Hafidh al-Droubi (1914 - 1991) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Hafidh al-Droubi (1914 - 1991) |
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