Modern and Contemporary Middle East

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Property from a Private Lebanese Collection

Aref El Rayess

The Movement of History

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Description

Aref El Rayess (1928 - 2005)


The Movement of History

signed and dated El Rayess, August (1)973 in Arabic (lower right)

coloured pen on paper

38 by 25.3 cm. 15 by 10 in.

framed: 59 by 46 cm. 23 ¼ by 18 ⅛ in.

Executed in 1973.


We are grateful to Sfeir Semler Gallery and the Estate of the Artist for confirming the authenticity of this work.

Private Collection, Lebanon

Acquired from the above in 2018 by the present owners

Omran Al Qaisi, Aref El Rayess, Beirut, p. 179 (titled The Movement of History)

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