20th Century Art / Middle East

20th Century Art / Middle East

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HATIM ELMEKKI | I. EROTIQUE AU BOUC (EROTIC WITH BEARD) II. ELLE ET LUI (HIM AND HER) III. EROTIQUE INDIENNE (INDIAN EROTIC) IV. EROTIQUE AVEC HERAKLÈS (EROTIC WITH HERAKLES)

Lot Closed

March 31, 01:16 PM GMT

Estimate

18,000 - 22,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, UK

HATIM ELMEKKI

1918 - 2003

Tunisian

I. EROTIQUE AU BOUC (EROTIC WITH BEARD)

II. ELLE ET LUI (HIM AND HER)

III. EROTIQUE INDIENNE (INDIAN EROTIC) 

IV. EROTIQUE AVEC HERAKLÈS (EROTIC WITH HERAKLES)


i-ii, iv. signed elmekki

iii. signed elmekki and dated '50

i-iv. charcoal on paper

each: 65 by 50 cm.; 25½ by 19¾ in.

i-ii, iv. Executed in 1950. 


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Collection of the family of the artist, Tunisia

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2010 

i-ii, iv. Jean Goujon, Ed., Hatim Elmekki ou la Tentation du péché, Tunis 1980, p. 110, p. 83, p. 82, illustrated / in colour