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Fahrelnissa Zeid

Carnations

Live auction begins on:

October 28, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Bid

35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901 - 1991)


Carnations

signed Fahrelnissa Zeid (lower right)

oil on board

51 by 44 cm. 20 by 17 ¼ in.

framed: 69.5 by 62 cm. 27 ⅜ by 24 ⅜ in.

Executed in 1946.


We are grateful to Dr Adila Laïdi-Hanieh for her generous assistance with the research and cataloguing of this work.

The Artist

Family of the Artist (acquired as a gift from the above by the present owner)

Possibly İstanbul, 11-31 May 1946 (work number 21 Naturmort)

Paris, Musée Cernuschi, Peintures turques d'aujourd'hui, Turquie d'autrefois, 30 November - December 1946 (work number 3 Nature Mort)

London, Saint George Gallery, Fahrunnisa Zeid: Paintings, watercolours and drawings, 5-28 February 1948 (work number 17)