29th Oct, 2021 10:00

Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern & African Art

 
  Lot 2
 

HALIM HABASHY (EGYPTIAN 1931-2012)

HALIM HABASHY (EGYPTIAN 1931-2012)
Untitled (Playing cards)
signed and dated in English and Arabic halim habashy / 2006 (lower left); inscribed in Arabic (on the reverse)
acrylic on board
82.5 x 121 cm (32 1/2 x 47 1/2 in)

PROVENANCE
Dr. Mohamed Said Farsi

Dr. Mohamed Said Farsi (1934-2019) was one of the world’s great patrons of Egyptian art. In 1956 he was one of only 35 students from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sent abroad for further education. Having obtained a BA in Architecture and Town Planning from the University of Alexandria in Egypt, he returned to Saudi Arabia and in 1972 became the Mayor of Jeddah. During his lifetime, he assembled the most important private collection of Modern Egyptian art.

His collection became the first of its type to be fully documented with the publication of ‘A Museum in a Book: The Farsi Art Collection – the “Egyptian Works” owned by Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi’ by the critic and scholar Dr. Sobhy Sharouny (published 1998).

Sold for £1,125

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

Do you have an item similar to the item above? If so please click the link below to submit a free online valuation request through our website.

 

Images*

Drag and drop .jpg images here to upload, or click here to select images.