25th Oct, 2023 12:00
Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art
24
⊕ † SEIF WANLY (EGYPTIAN 1906-1979)
MAHMOUD DARWISH
signed in Arabic Seif Wanly upper right
gouache on paper
31.5 x 22.5cm; 12 1/2 x 9in
54.5 x 45.5cm; 21 1/2 x 18in (framed)
Provenance
Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi
Thence by descent
LiteratureDr Sobhy Al Sharouny, A Museum in a Book, Cairo, 1998, pp. 155 and 163, illustrated
Naguib Mahfouz, Mirrors (translated by Roger Allen), Cairo,1991
The subject was a character from Naguib Mahfouz's celebrated novel El Maraya, first published as illustrations in the magazine Al Izaa in 1970 (see lot 23).
Sold for £8,500
MAHMOUD DARWISH
signed in Arabic Seif Wanly upper right
gouache on paper
31.5 x 22.5cm; 12 1/2 x 9in
54.5 x 45.5cm; 21 1/2 x 18in (framed)
Provenance
Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi
Thence by descent
LiteratureDr Sobhy Al Sharouny, A Museum in a Book, Cairo, 1998, pp. 155 and 163, illustrated
Naguib Mahfouz, Mirrors (translated by Roger Allen), Cairo,1991
The subject was a character from Naguib Mahfouz's celebrated novel El Maraya, first published as illustrations in the magazine Al Izaa in 1970 (see lot 23).
Auction: Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art, 25th Oct, 2023
