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ADAM HENEIN (1929, CAIRO - 2020, CAIRO)
Hibou (Owl)
incised with the artist's signature 'A.HENEIN' (lower left); numbered ‘1/6’ (lower right)
bronze
85⁄8 x 75⁄8 x 71⁄8in. (21.8 x 19.5 x 18cm.)
Executed in 1963, this work is number one from an edition of six
Provenance
Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Christie’s Paris, 16 June 2009, lot 31.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Khazindar, Adam Henein, Milan 2005 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 68).
S. Eigner, Art of the Middle East: Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World and Iran, London 2010 (another version illustrated in colour, p. 320)
A. Breish, In Vested Interests: from Passion to Patronage: The AbdulMagid Breish Collection of Arab Art, Milan 2020 (another version illustrated in colour, p. 69).
Exhibited
Cairo, Amir Taz Palace, Adam Henein Retrospective, 2006 (another from the edition exhibited).
Cairo, Horizon One Gallery, Adam Henein, 2008 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 43).
Dubai, Artspace DIFC, Grand Opening Group Exhibition, (another from the edition illustrated in colour, unpaged).
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