Mahmoud MOUKTAR (1891-1934) (Mahmoud MOKHTAR OR Mahmoud MOUK - Lot 282

Mahmoud MOUKTAR (1891-1934) (Mahmoud MOKHTAR OR Mahmoud MOUKHTAR OR Mahmûd MUKHTÂR, DIT) "Au bord du Nil (Ala Shat Elnil)" also titled "La Porteuse de Jarre", said size no. 4, the model created circa [1927-1929], our early edition proof and numbered 1 Sculpture. Proof in deep, shaded brown-black patinated bronze. Early edition from 1930-40 by Susse Frères. Signed MOUKTAR on the right side of the terrace, bears the inscribed mark SUSSE Fres Édts Paris, the circular stamp SUSSE Frères Éditeurs Paris, the word Bronze and a number 1 on the edge of the back of the terrace. Height: 41 cm. Terrace: 8.1 x 8.1 cm. (Worn patina). Provenance: Collection X., Gironde. Public collections : - Mokhtar Museum, Cairo - A bronze proof of our sculpture model, of different dimensions, and an enlargement in stone are held in the collections of this institution. - Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha - A bronze proof of our sculpture model, dated 1930 and 220.5 cm high, is held in the collections of this institution. - The Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation (DAF), Beirut - A bronze proof of our sculpture model, of different dimensions, is kept in the collections of this foundation. Exhibition and related work : - Mouktar Sculpteur - Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris, 1930. A proof of our sculpture model, in stone, was exhibited at this event. Bibliography and related works: - L'art égyptien contemporain, Mouktar sculpteur - Catalogue de l'exposition organisée à la Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris (10 - 21 mars 1930), Éditions Ducros et Colas, Paris, 1930. A proof of our sculpture model in stone, referenced as number 1 in the catalog, is reproduced in the book, unpaginated. - La Semaine Egyptienne - N° 11-12, Easter 1934. Our model to be compared with the Porteuse d'Eau on the cover of the magazine. - Morik Brin - Peintres et sculpteurs de l'Égypte contemporaine - Éditions Les Amis de la Culture Française en Égypte, Cairo, 1935. A proof of our sculpture model, in stone, is reproduced in the catalog's out-of-text reproductions, unpaginated. - Badr Abou Ghazi & Gabriel Boctor - Mouktar ou le Réveil de l'Égypte - Éditions Urwand et fils, Cairo, 1949. A proof of our sculpture model, in stone, is reproduced in the book, unpaginated. - Ministère de l'Instruction Publique & Musée d'Art Moderne - Musée Mouktar, inaugurated March 27, 1952 - Éditions de la Société Orientale de Publicité, Cairo, 1952. Three other proofs of the sculpture model, all in stone, are referenced in the list of works exhibited under numbers 1, 38 and 43 in the unpaginated catalog. - Ministère de la Culture et de l'Orientation Nationale - Musée Moukhtar - Éditions de la Société Orientale de Publicité, Cairo, 1962. A proof of our sculpture model, made in stone, is reproduced in the catalog, unpaginated. - Dr. Sobhi Sharouni - Sculptor Mahmoud Mukhtar & His Museum (1891-1934) - Éditions Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo, 2007. A bronze proof of our sculpture model, of different dimensions, entitled La Porteuse de Jarre, is reproduced on page 92. - Nadia Radwan - Les arts visuels de l'Égypte moderne, méthodes de recherche et sources : l'exemple de Mahmûd Mukhtâr (1891-1934) in Quaderns de la Mediterrània (IEMed) - N° 15 d'Avril 2011. A proof of our sculpture model in stone, taken from the Galerie Bernheim Jeune exhibition catalog, is reproduced on page 53. - Nadia Radwan - Les modernes d'Égypte : une Renaissance des Beaux-Arts et des Arts Appliqués (1908-1938) - Éditions Peter Lang, Berne, Collection Études culturelles et sociales sur le Moyen-Orient 3, 2017. A proof of our sculpture model, made in stone, is reproduced on page 157 on a photograph from the 1930 Galerie Bernheim Jeune exhibition. - Mario Choueiry - Mahmoud Mouktar (1891-1934), Entre pharaonisme et Art Déco - Éditions Centre culturel du livre, Casablanca, 2020. A bronze proof of our sculpture model reproduced on page 140; the model cited on pages 109, 122 and 123. - Fatenn Mostafa Kanafani - Modern Art in Egypt, Identity and Independence, 1850-1936 - Éditions I.B. Tauris, London, 2020. A proof of our sculpture model in stone, incorrectly identified as bronze, is reproduced on page 162 under illustration number 9.11.