ID 1308722
Lot 38 | SAMIA HALABY (B. 1936, JERUSALEM)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
Lemon Tree
signed and dated 'SAMIA A. HALABY 2011' (lower right); signed and dated in Arabic (upper left); signed and dated in Arabic, signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'SAMIA A. HALABY No708 "LEMON TREE" 2011' (on the reverse)
acrylic on linen
70.78 x 70 ½in. (180 x 179.2cm.)
Painted in 2011
Provenance
Ayyam Gallery, Dubai.
Dr Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Collection, Beirut (acquired from the above in 2012).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
M. Farhat, Samia Halaby: Five Decades of Painting and Innovation, London 2014, p. 360 (illustrated in colour, p. 315).
A. Nysten (ed.), ‘Artistic Patronage and Commissioned Works: Dr. Basel Dalloul Carries on a Legacy of Kinship with Influential Work’, in Selections, no. 68, May 2024 (p. 114).
Exhibited
Dubai, Ayyam Gallery, Samia Halaby: Trees and the High Rising City, 2011.
| Artist: | Samia Halaby (b. 1937) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Palestine |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Samia Halaby (b. 1937) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Palestine |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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