Details
Samir Rafi (Egyptian, 1926-2003)
Untitled
signed and dated ‘S.RAFI -75-’ (lower centre);dated '1960-1975' (on the reverse)
oil on board
2012 x 2918in. (52 x 74cm.)
Painted in 1960-1975
Provenance
The Artist.
Thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.
Exhibited
Cairo, Palace of Arts, When Art Becomes Liberty: The Egyptian Surrealists (1938–1965), 2016-2017. This exhibition later travelled to Seoul, The National Museum of Contemporary Art (illustrated in colour, p. 232).
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