• † SEIF WANLY (EGYPTIAN 1906-1979)

• † SEIF WANLY (EGYPTIAN 1906-1979) MAHMOUD DARWISHgouche on papersigned in Arabic Seif Wanly upper right31.5 x 22.5cm; 12 1/2 x 9in54.5 x 45.5cm; 21 1/2 x 18in (framed)ProvenanceCollection of Dr Mohammed Said FarsiThence by descentLiteratureDr Sobhy Al Sharouny, A Museum in a Book, Cairo, 1998, pp. 155 and 163, illustratedNaguib Mahfouz, Mirrors (translated by Roger Allen), Cairo,1991The subject was a character from Naguib Mahfouz's celebrated novel El Maraya, first published as illustrations in the magazine Al Izaa in 1970 (see lot 23).