Lot 54
  • 54

Mohamed Ben Allal

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Mohamed Ben Allal
  • Aux Portes de La Medina (The Doors of the Medina)
  • signed; signed and dated 1980 on the reverse 
  • oil on canvas 
  • 54 by 89cm.; 21 1/8 by 35 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1984

Exhibited

Rabbat, Gallerie Moulay Ismail, Peintures Naives du Maroc, 1987

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There are scattered ocher spots of medium accretion scattered in places along the lower half of the composition. The colours in the catalogue illustration are accurate, with the overall tonality tending towards softer and brighter hues.
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