20th Century Art / Middle East
20th Century Art / Middle East
MAHMOUD MOKHTAR | AU BORD DU NIL (ALA SHAT ELNIL / ON THE BANKS OF THE NILE)
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October 27, 02:28 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
Lot Details
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MAHMOUD MOKHTAR
1891-1934
Egyptian
AU BORD DU NIL (ALA SHAT ELNIL / ON THE BANKS OF THE NILE)
signed Mouktar, inscribed: Susse Fres Edts Paris and cire perdue, with the SUSSE FRERES EDITEURS pastille
bronze (black and green patina)
height: 119.4cm. 47in.
Executed in 1931-1939, 6 works were produced from 1931 to 1939 for this size model 1 (model 1 being a reference to the size of the model and not the numbered edition of 6 produced between 1931 and 1939). The edition number of this work is unknown.
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Private Collection, Paris
Thence by Descent
Monaco, Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, Art Deco, Tableaux, Sculptures Modernes et Contemporains, 4 Mai 2019, Lot 40
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Ahmed Rassim, Shadow: A Page From Modern Art, Cairo, 1936, p. 6, another version in marble illustrated
Badr Eldin Abou Ghazi, The Sculptor: Mokhtar, Cairo, 1964, n.p., another version illustrated
Mohamed Sedki Al-Gabakhangy, The History of the Egyptian Art Movement to 1945, Cairo, 1986, n.p., another version in gesso illustrated
Badr Eldin Abou Ghazi, Mokhtar: His Life and His Art, Cairo, 1988, another version in marble illustrated