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Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei
Mona Abaza
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Description for Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei
Hardback. A prominent Cairo art gallery owner displays masterpieces of modern Egyptian art never previously published Num Pages: 208 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1HBE; ACX; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1598.
Egypt's modern art scene has been marked by many influential local and foreign painters. Mona Abaza retraces the highlights of the country's twentieth-century art world through the private collection of one of Cairo's most reputable private gallery owners, Sherwet Shafei. The 200 color reproductions of paintings from Sherwet Shafei's collection represent works from very early pioneers such as Mahmoud Sa d and Ragheb Ayad to later figures such as Hamed Nada and Youssef Sida. In a comprehensive introduction that examines the life and career of Sherwet Shafei and her pivotal role in promoting and creating a market for modern Egyptian ... Read more
Egypt's modern art scene has been marked by many influential local and foreign painters. Mona Abaza retraces the highlights of the country's twentieth-century art world through the private collection of one of Cairo's most reputable private gallery owners, Sherwet Shafei. The 200 color reproductions of paintings from Sherwet Shafei's collection represent works from very early pioneers such as Mahmoud Sa d and Ragheb Ayad to later figures such as Hamed Nada and Youssef Sida. In a comprehensive introduction that examines the life and career of Sherwet Shafei and her pivotal role in promoting and creating a market for modern Egyptian ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774163944
SKU
V9789774163944
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About Mona Abaza
Mona Abaza is professor of sociology at the American University in Cairo and is currently a visiting professor of Islamology at Lund University in Sweden. She is the author of several books, including The Changing Consumer Cultures of Modern Egypt (AUC Press, 2006).
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