Chant Avedissian

Lot 176: Icons of the Nile 3

Name: Icons of the Nile 3
Brand: Christie's
SKU: i3neo3mhme

Est: $35,000 USD - $45,000 USDSold:

Christie'sDubai, United Arab EmiratesOctober 31, 2007

Item Overview

Description

CHANT AVEDISSIAN (EGYPT, B. 1951)
Icons of the Nile 3
signed 'CHANT AVEDISSIAN LE CAIRE' (centre)
gouache and gold paint on corrugated paper
98 3/8 x 59in. (250 x 150cm.)
Painted in Cairo in 1993

Artist or Maker

Chant Avedissian

Notes

The main themes of his monotypes are the bygone eras of romance and glamour, musicals and melodramas, revolutions and ideal, beloved childhood heroes- stars, divas, and leaders, the famous and anonymous people of the Egyptian socialist propaganda machine, and urban and rural daily scenes. These depict an era, the Egypt of the 1950s, when the country was at the height of its cosmopolitanism and Middle Eastern intellectuals mingled. The era also represents the height of Egyptian popular culture: when Egyptian cinema- 'Hollywood on the Nile'- dominated most of the Arab world. Booming publishing houses made Cairo a meeting place to discuss anti-colonial ideas. R.Issa, Chant Avedissian: Cairo Stencils, London, 2006, p.8.

Auction Details

International Modern and Contemporary Art

Christie's

October 31, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

Emaar Business Park, Sheikh Zayed Road Building 2, 1st Floor, Office 7, PO Box 48800, Dubai, AE

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