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

MAHMOUD SAÏD (1897, ALEXANDRIA - 1964, ALEXANDRIA)

Lot 24
06.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 24 | MAHMOUD SAÏD (1897, ALEXANDRIA - 1964, ALEXANDRIA)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
MAHMOUD SAÏD (1897, ALEXANDRIA - 1964, ALEXANDRIA)
La colline de Mekarzel (Mekarzel Hill)
signed and dated ‘M. SAÏD 1955’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated ‘MAHMOUD SAÏD ‘LA COLLINE DE MEKARZEL’ 1955’ (on the reverse)
oil on board
12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.6cm.)
Painted in 1955




Provenance

Hussein Pasha Sirry Collection, Cairo (acquired directly from the artist circa 1960).
Mrs Hussein Pasha Sirry Collection, Cairo (acquired from the above circa 1964).
Hussein Saïd Collection, Alexandria.
Thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

E. Dawastashy, Mahmoud Saïd: Memorial Book on the Pioneer of Contemporary Egyptian Painting - On the 100th Anniversary of his Birth, Cairo 1997, no. 259 (illustrated in colour, p. 307, fig. 238; dated 1952).
R. Al-Shafei, Artist Mahmoud Saïd: An Artistic and Analytical Study, University of Alexandria, Faculty of Fine Arts (MA Thesis), Alexandria 2012, no. 207 (illustrated in colour; dated 1952).
V. D. Hess and H. Rashwan, Mahmoud Saïd Catalogue raisonné Volume 1, Paintings, Milan 2016, no. P356 (illustrated in colour, p. 563).



Exhibited

Alexandria, Musée des Beaux-Arts and Centre Culturel, À l'occasion du Huitième Anniversaire de la Révolution: Exposition rétrospective des œuvres du peintre lauréat Mahmoud Saïd, 1960, no. 31 (titled Vue de la colline Mekarzel, Liban).
Alexandria, Musée des Beaux-Arts and Centre Culturel, À l'occasion du Douxième Anniversaire de la Révolution: Exposition rétrospective des œuvres du peintre lauréat Mahmoud Saïd 1897-1964, 1964, no. 30 (titled Vue de la colline Mekarzel, Liban).
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