ID 836942
Lot 19 | Mahmoud Saïd (Egyptian, 1897-1964)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
Le Nil à Louxor (Chadouf)
signed, inscribed and dated ‘M.SAÏD LOUXOR 1919’ (lower right)
oil on board
11 3/4 x 19 3/4in. (30 x 50cm.)
Painted in 1919
Provenance
Youssef Pasha Zulficar, Alexandria.
Mohamed Saïd Zulficar, Alexandria (by descent from the above).
Aly Zulficar, Alexandria (by descent from the above).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
'Mahmoud Said' in La Semaine Égyptienne. Cahiers des peintres et sculpteurs de l'Égypte moderne, Vol. 1, 31 January 1936, no. 30.
V. Didier Hess & Dr. H. Rashwan, Mahmoud Saïd Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings, Vol. I, Milan 2016, p. 20 (illustrated in colour, p. 239).
Special notice
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| Art style: | Modern art |
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| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Art style: | Modern art |
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| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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