NOW AND TEN

PROPERTY FROM
THE COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST’S FAMILY
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HAMED EWAIS
(EGYPTIAN, 1919-2011)
Al Aabour (The Crossing of the Suez Canal)
signed and dated in Arabic (lower right);
signed, titled, dated and inscribed in Arabic (on the reverse)
oil and wax crayons on canvas
48Ω x 38√in. (123.4 x 98.8 cm.)
Painted in 1974
US$300,000-400,000
AED1,100,000-1,500,000
PROVENANCE:
The Artist’s Estate.
EXHIBITED:
Tashkent, Exhibition, date unknown.
Cairo, Zamalek Art Gallery, Hamed Ewais, 2002.
Rome, Egyptian Academy, Hamed Ewais, 2006.
LITERATURE:
G. Naguib, Mohammed Ewais; Excellence and the Revolution (in Arabic),
Cairo 2003 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Hamed Ewais, The Protector of Life, 1967-1968
(Christie’s Dubai, March 2015; price realised: US$341,000).
Collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah.
© Christie’s Images Ltd., 2015.
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