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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  July 2016 Emporium Auction
• Sale Date:
  31 Jul 2016 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  182
• Lot Description:
  Amy Nimir
  (act. 1925-1949)
  Portrait 1932
  Pen & ink
  25 x 20 cm
  Signed & dated lower right
• Notes:
  Amy Nimir (later Lady Smart) studied fine arts at the Slade in London and visited Paris and Rome. Her first exhibition dates from 1925, her painting already showing a deep "oriental influence," according to Azar, who comments on her painting Barques (Boats), seeing in it the achievement of the artist's maturity. " Barques" he wrote, "[infused] with the solidity of a grey light softly tinted with pale intimations, holds us in a tranquility born from submission to fate. Alas, we owe this resigned philosophy to a cruel loss that befell this artist, and which has kept her silent for a several years." In 1932, Amy Nimr married Englishman Walter Smart, who was then Oriental Secretary at the British Residency and a well-known figure in Cairo's salons.
• Estimate:
  A$80 - 120
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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