サザビーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (サザビーズInstagram)「A rare and important #sculpture by #Egypt’s most significant modern #sculptor, Mahmoud #Mokhtar’s Three Beggars embodies the artist’s use of his classical training to mould local figures from Egyptian culture and Islamic history. One of only two examples of this work are known, with the other held in the collection of the Mokhtar #Museum in #Cairo. - At the age of twenty-one, Mokhtar was awarded a scholarship to study in #Paris – leaving his homeland for the first time. During his time at the École des Beaux-Arts, his name was inscribed in the ledger of the #studio of the sculptor Jules-Félix Coutan, who is perhaps most recognised today for the #sculptures that adorn the façade of Grand Central Terminal in New York. This #bronze has remained in the same private collection since it was gifted to #Coutan in the 1930s, and is now set to make its auction debut. - On public view in our #London #galleries ahead of the 20th Century Art / Middle East sale on 30 April. - #SothebysMiddleEast #EgyptianArt #MahmoudMokhtar」4月27日 20時02分