Kamel El Telmissany (Egyptian, 1915-1972) Portrait of Albert Cossery
signed and dated 'Telmissany 1938' (lower left)
watercolour and ink on board
15 x 10 5/8in. (38 x 27cm.)
Executed in 1938
Kamel El Telmissany (Egyptian, 1915-1972) Portrait of Albert Cossery
signed and dated 'Telmissany 1938' (lower left)
watercolour and ink on board
15 x 10 5/8in. (38 x 27cm.)
Executed in 1938
Private Collection, Egypt. Private Collection, Egypt. Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1997.
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. 93)
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