Lot 22: HUSSEIN BICAR (EGYPT, 1913-2002) The Green Planet (Self-Portrait) oil

HUSSEIN BICAR (EGYPT, 1913-2002) The Green Planet (Self-Portrait) oil on canvas, framed signed Bicar in Arabic and English and dated 1981 in Arabic (lower left), executed in 1981 90 x 78cm (35 7/16 x 30 11/16in).

Provenance Property from a private collection, Alexandria Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, Originally commissioned by the Museum of Artist’s Self-Portraits, Florence Literature Sobhy El Sharouny, Dar El Shorouk, Hussein Bikar, Cairo, 2002, illustrated on the front cover and on page 125 Accompanied by a handwritten explanatory note by the artist