Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 8

Price Realized: $ 422
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
DESIGNER UNKNOWN EGYPTE RAU. Circa 1960.
38 1/4x26 inches, 97 1/4x66 cm. A.O.P., Cairo.
Condition B+ / B: repaired tears, restoration and overpainting in margins and image.
The United Arab Republic (Republique Arabe Unie, in French) was a name taken by Syria and Egypt in 1958, when they entered into a short-lived political union. Syria withdrew in 1961, but Egypt continued to be referred to as the United Arab Republic until 1971.