TAHIA HALIM (1919, DONGOLA - 2003, CAIRO)
TAHIA HALIM (1919, DONGOLA - 2003, CAIRO)
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MARHALA PART II: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DALLOUL COLLECTION
TAHIA HALIM (1919, DONGOLA - 2003, CAIRO)

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TAHIA HALIM (1919, DONGOLA - 2003, CAIRO)
Untitled
signed and dated 'T. Halim 1975' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 ¾ x 24 ½in. (80.8 x 62.2cm.)
Painted in 1975
来源
Private Collection, USA (thence by descent to Mr Goldsmith, Chicago).
Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 23 October 2019, lot 45.
Dr Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Collection, Beirut.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

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Marie-Claire Thijsen
Marie-Claire Thijsen Head of Sale, Associate Specialist

拍品专文

Born in 1919 in Dongolo, Sudan, Tahia Halim showed a keen interest in art from an early age while her father worked as the chamberlain of King Fouad (1868-1936) in Cairo. She enrolled at Cairo’s Academy of Fine Arts and became one of the foremost modern Egyptian female artists. She rejected both the traditional topics and style she was subjected at the Academy, immersing herself in Egyptian identity and folk culture and exploring socio-political themes that include rebellion, uprisings, revolution, war and poverty. She is most known for her authentic scenes depicting the rural daily life and folk customs in Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan. Through her paintings, she celebrated the traditional heritage of the Nubian people as seen in the present work.

In 1962, Halim was commissioned by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture to document the region of Upper Egypt that spreads to the north of Sudan. As a result of the Aswan High Dam’s construction (1960–1970), many Nubian villages disappeared under the Nile’s waters, the populations forced to migrate. Halim's exposure to the Nubians before their migration inspired her later period and continued to be a recurring subject matter in her paintings up until her death.

In the present work, Halim depicts a single Nubian man in a jalabiya, a traditional garment in the Nile valley, carrying an instrument known as a rebab along with its bow. Halim's use of deep, earthy tones exemplifies her strong belief and inspiration in tradition, nature and history while expressing the deep love for her native homeland. The profile and frontal view of the figure is reminiscent of the portraits decorating the walls of ancient Egyptian Frescoes, Assyrian panels and Coptic art.

Works by Halim were exhibited in the Egyptian Pavilion at Venice Biennale in 1956, 1960, and 1970, and currently feature in the 2024 Venice Biennale, alongside biennales in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Alexandria and Egypt. The Guggenheim Museum in New York acquired Halim’s painting Hanan(Compassion) when she won the 1958 prize, as well as others of her paintings. Her works are also held in the collection of the Egyptian Modern Art Museum, Cairo; the Fine Arts Museum, Alexandria; the Modern Art Museum, Stockholm; and in embassies and private collections worldwide.

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