Details
Chant Avedissian (Egyptian, 1951-2018)
Icons of the Nile 1
signed and inscribed ‘CHANT AVEDISSIAN/LECAIRE' (the right vertical edge)
acrylic and hand-coloured stencil on cardboard
97 x 59in. (246.5 x 150cm.)
Executed circa 1992-1993
Provenance
Private Collection.
Anon sale, Christie's Dubai, 24 May 2006, lot 39.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Rose Issa (ed.), Chant Avedissian: Cairo Stencils, London 2006, p. 26.
Exhibited
London, Brunei Gallery, Idols of the Nile,1993.
London, Leighton House Museum, 1995.
Amsterdam, Tropenmuseum,1996.
Copenhagen, Nikolaj,1998.
Institut für Auslandbeizeihungen, travelling exhibition to Stuttgart, Bonn and Berlin, Love Affairs, 2003.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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