The group of 30 works to be offered at Christie's in Dubai include paintings
representing many of Egypt's most famous 20th century artists such as Mahmoud
Said, Ragheb Ayad, Abul Hadi El-Gazzar, Hamed Nada, Seif and Adham Wanly, and
Adam Henein, for which new world auction records have been established this year
in Dubai.
And, after the spectacular success last April when Christie's sold 25 works of
art from the renowned collection of Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi for a total of $8.7
million, tripling its pre-sale estimate, Dr. Farsi has decided to part with a
further thirty masterpieces from his collection at the upcoming auction of
International Modern and Contemporary Art on 26 October 2010 in Dubai.
Dr. Farsi's private collection is recognized as the most comprehensive group of
modern Egyptian art in private hands. Prompted by his experience as a student in
Alexandria, Dr. Farsi became the driving force in the Egyptian art scene and his
collection became the first of its type to be fully documented with the
publication of 'A Museum in a Book: The Farsi Art Collection - the "Egyptian
Works" owned by Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi' by the critic and scholar Dr. Sobhy
Sharouny (published 1998).
