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Lot 467*

Mohammad El Fayoumy
(Egypt, born 1963)
Masreya

8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £18,750 inc. premium

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Mohammad El Fayoumy (Egypt, born 1963)

Masreya
bronze
signed in Arabic and numbered 1/8, this work is number one from an edition of eight
92 x 25cm (36 1/4 x 9 13/16in).

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Provenance:
Property from a private collection, Cairo, Egypt.

Born in El Fayoum, in 1963, Mohamed El Fayoumy is a member of the Mohmoud Mokhtar Association, the Cairo Atelier and the syndicate of Plastic Artists.

Strongly influenced both by his Egyptian heritage and by the works of Mahmoud Moukhtar, Fayoumu here depicts the Egypitan "fellaha", or peasant woman, a central motif of the countries modern art movement. A symbol of feminine grace, rural nobility, and the motherland, the fellaha was a powerful embodiment of Egyptian pride and nationalism.

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