286
286
North Africa, Egypt
TENT CANOPY
Estimate
UK: Greenford Park
Lots marked W will be sent to Greenford Park Fine Art Storage Facility immediately after the auction.
800 — 1,200
GBP
LOT SOLD. 1,063 GBP
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286
North Africa, Egypt
TENT CANOPY
Estimate
UK: Greenford Park
Lots marked W will be sent to Greenford Park Fine Art Storage Facility immediately after the auction.
800 — 1,200
GBP
LOT SOLD. 1,063 GBP
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Details & Cataloguing

Howard Hodgkin, Portrait of the Artist

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North Africa, Egypt
TENT CANOPY
backed in striped canvas and with leather and cord fixings
with two inscription panels, al-muhandis and shuraka’uhu, machine embroidered
printed textile
approximately 520 by 263cm; 17ft 1in. by 8ft 8in.
20th century
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Catalogue Note

Firashat al-Ittihad is the name of a company in Luxor (al-Uqsur) in Egypt. This is a tent for Ramadan set up by the company in the name of the owner (al-muhandis) and his partners (shuraka’uhu). In Egypt the rich erect these tents every year as charity in Ramadan and anyone can eat there for free.”

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Howard Hodgkin, Portrait of the Artist

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London