Modern & Contemporary Middle East

Aref El Rayess

Biombo de la Pasión Humana

Auction Closed

October 28, 03:37 PM GMT

Estimate

24,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Aref El Rayess (1928 - 2005)

Biombo de la Pasión Humana

signed and dated A. Rayess, '65 (lower left); titled Biombo de la Pasión Humana (to the reverse)

oil and mixed media on canvas

151.1 by 89.3 cm. 59 ½ by 35 ⅛ in.

framed: 156.5 by 94 cm. 61 ⅝ by 37 in.

Executed in 1965.

The Artist

Private Collection, USA (acquired from the above in circa 1965)

Private Collection, USA (acquired by descent from the above by the present owner in 2002)

Possibly exhibited as: Souvenir de Mexico: Biombo de la Pasión Humana (loaned by Mr and Mrs W. D. Wright)