Live Auction 7893International Modern & Contemporary Art, Including Masterpieces from The Collection of Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi
Adham Wanly (Egyptian, 1908 - 1959)
Lot 27 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. MOHAMMED SAID FARSI

Adham Wanly (Egyptian, 1908 - 1959)

The Kiss

Closed27 April 2010

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USD 146,500

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Adham Wanly (Egyptian, 1908 - 1959)
The Kiss
signed 'WANLY' (lower left) and signed and titled in Arabic (on the reverse)
oil on board
23½ x 31¾in. (59.5 x 81.5cm.)
Painted in 1957

Specialist note

There is more than a touch of Hollywood glamour to this extraordinary work by Adham Wanly. Depicting a fellah and a fellaha in mutual embrace against the romantic backdrop of the Nile Valley, it is reminscent of that famous clinch of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, immortalized on billboards throughout the world in advertisements for Gone With The Wind.