SEIF WANLY (EGYPTIAN, 1906-1979)
Lot 16 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, GREECE

SEIF WANLY (EGYPTIAN, 1906-1979)

Nubian Village

Closed30 April 2008

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USD 34,600

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SEIF WANLY (EGYPTIAN, 1906-1979)
Nubian Village
signed 'Seif' (lower right)
oil on board
14¾ x 23¼in. (40 x 59cm.)
Painted circa 1950s

Specialist note

Seif and Adham both visited Upper Egypt and produced a series of paitnings of the ancient sites and traditional villages on the banks of the Nile. The results are strangely impressive, a combination of the Wanly's refined, advanced aesthetic and traditionalist Egyptian themes.