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PROPERTY OF THE SHATHA IBRAHIM AL TASSAN COLLECTION, SAUDI ARABIA

Hussein Bikar

A Drinking Fountain in Nubia

Auction Closed

October 24, 11:08 AM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

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PROPERTY OF THE SHATHA IBRAHIM AL TASSAN COLLECTION, SAUDI ARABIA

Hussein Bikar (1912 - 2002)

A Drinking Fountain in Nubia

signed and dated in Arabic Hussein Bikar 1962 (lower right)

oil on paper laid on panel 

29 by 38.5 cm. 11¼by 15 in.

Framed: 57 by 66.5 cm. 22¼by 26¼in.

Executed in 1962. 

Ismail Quadri Collection, Egypt
Ebdaa Art Gallery, Cairo
Acquired from the above in 2008 by the present owner
Sobhy El Sharouny, Hussein Bikar, Cairo, 2002, p. 101 (illustrated in colour).