MAHMOUD SAÏD (1897, ALEXANDRIA - 1964, ALEXANDRIA) - photo 1
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MAHMOUD SAÏD (1897, ALEXANDRIA - 1964, ALEXANDRIA)

Lot 11
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Lot 11 | MAHMOUD SAÏD (1897, ALEXANDRIA - 1964, ALEXANDRIA)
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MAHMOUD SAÏD (1897, ALEXANDRIA - 1964, ALEXANDRIA)

Fille à l’imprimé (Girl in a printed dress)

signed and dated 'M. SAÏD 1938' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'MAHMOUD SAÏD FELLAHA AU VOILE NOIRE [crossed out] FILLE A L'IMPRIMÉ 1938 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

31 7⁄8 x 21 7⁄8in. (81.5 x 55.7cm.)

Painted in 1938





Provenance

Hussein Pasha Sirry Collection, Cairo (by 1951).

Nazli Fayed (acquired from the above circa 1960).

Private Collection (thence by descent from the above).

May Zeid and Adel Youssry Khedr Collection, Cairo.

Anon. sale, Bonhams London, 18 April 2018, lot 8.

Dr Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Collection, Beirut.

Thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

A. Rassem, 'Mahmoud Bey Saïd' in Majallat al-Imrah, vol 2, no. 2, 1940. (illustrated, p. 134).

E. Dawastashy, Mahmoud Saïd: Memorial Book on the Pioneer of Contemporary Egyptian Painting - On the 100th Anniversary of his Birth, Cairo 1997, no. 130 and 154 (illustrated pp. 130 and 302, dated 1942 under no. 154).

S. El Bissy, 'The Women of Mahmoud Saïd', in Nefse El-Donya Magazine, 14 March 2004, no. 735 (illustrated, p. 80).

R. O. Al-Shafei, The Artist Mahmoud Saïd: An Artistic and Analytical Study, University of Alexandria, Faculty of Fine Arts (MA Thesis), Alexandria 2012, no. 123.

V. D. Hess, H. Rashwan. Mahmoud Saïd Catalogue Raisonné Volume 1. Paintings, Milan 2015, no. P201, p. 399.

J. Highet, ‘Modernism Awakening’, in AramcoWorld, vol. 70, no. 2, March/April 2019, pp. 23, 27 (illustrated in colour, p. 22).



Exhibited

Cairo, Palais des Beaux-Arts, XIXème Salon du Caire, Société des Amis de l'Art sous le patronage de S.M. Le Roi, 1939 (titled La fellaha au voile noir).

Guézireh, Grand Palace of the Royal Society of Agriculture, Rétrospective des oeuvres de Mahmoud Said, 1921-1951, no. 6, 1951.

Alexandria, 1960, no. 29 (titled Fille à la robe imprimée).

Alexandria, Musée des Beaux-Arts and Centre Culturel, Exposition rétrospective des oeuvres du peintre lauréat Mahmoud Saïd 1897-1964, 1964, no. 94 (illustrated, unpaged; titled Nabawia à l’imprimé; dated 1939).
Artist:Mahmoud Said (1897-1964)
Auction house category:Paintings
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