Jacques Majorelle

Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 10 November 1976;

Félix Marcilhac (1941–2020), Paris;

Private collection.

Félix Marcilhac, La vie et l'œuvre de Jacques Majorelle (1886–1962), Paris 1988, p. 29, reproduced in colour;

Félix Marcilhac, La vie et l'œuvre de Jacques Majorelle (1886–1962), Paris 1995, p. 27;

Félix & Amélie Marcilhac, Jacques Majorelle (1886–1962), Catalogue of Work, Paris 2017, p. 221, no. 68, reproduced in colour.

In 1910 Majorelle travelled to Egypt, settling for a year in Cairo in search of scenes of local everyday life, which he found in the villages of Marg and Materieh, away from the hustle and bustle of an increasingly touristy Cairo. Two more trips followed, in 1911–12, and 1913–14. A Man of Cairo dates to this last trip.