The Orientalist Sale including Works from the Najd Collection
The Orientalist Sale including Works from the Najd Collection
Property from a French Estate
Jacques Majorelle
Procession before a Kasbah
Lot Closed
March 30, 12:38 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a French Estate
Jacques Majorelle
French
1886 - 1962
Procession before a Kasbah
signed and inscribed J. Majorelle / Marrakech lower left and inscribed La Fimaa on the reverse
tempera on canvas
Unframed: 105.5 by 80.5cm., 41½ by 31½in.
Framed: 113 by 88cm., 44½ by 34¾in.
A certificate from Amélie Marcilhac may be requested by the buyer.
Purchased in Morocco by the grand-parents of the present owners circa 1926-1945
Although inscribed Marrakech, the setting for the present work appears to be Anemiter (or Anmiter) in the valley of Ounila, in the High Atlas. Anemiter is the subject of a number of works by Majorelle from 1921 onwards (when he spent four months in the High Atlas), and the 1940s.