A preliminary study for a series of paintings created over the period 1954 - 1955 known as 'The Women of Algiers' . This study depicting a seated nude wearing a fez, in an Algerianesque boudoir with dancer. The fez is worn by some sections of the Muslim aristocracy of South Asia, the fez is known as the Rumi Topi (which means "headdress of Rume or Byzantium"). It was a symbol of the support for the Ottoman Caliphate against the British Indian Empire during the Khilafat Movement.
- Materials
- Watercolor and gouache on fine art paper
- Size
- 15 1/2 × 20 × 4 in | 39.4 × 50.8 × 10.2 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- In good condition
- Signature
- Hand-signed by artist, Signed in pen, lower right
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included (issued by gallery)
- Frame
- Included
- Series
- A preliminary study for a series of paintings created over the period 1954 - 1955 known as 'The Women of Algiers' . This study depicting a seated nude wearing a fez, in an Algerianesque boudoir with dancer.
Les Femmes d'Alger (Women of Algiers)-Study, 1954
A preliminary study for a series of paintings created over the period 1954 - 1955 known as 'The Women of Algiers' . This study depicting a seated nude wearing a fez, in an Algerianesque boudoir with dancer. The fez is worn by some sections of the Muslim aristocracy of South Asia, the fez is known as the Rumi Topi (which means "headdress of Rume or Byzantium"). It was a symbol of the support for the Ottoman Caliphate against the British Indian Empire during the Khilafat Movement.
- Materials
- Watercolor and gouache on fine art paper
- Size
- 15 1/2 × 20 × 4 in | 39.4 × 50.8 × 10.2 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- In good condition
- Signature
- Hand-signed by artist, Signed in pen, lower right
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included (issued by gallery)
- Frame
- Included
- Series
- A preliminary study for a series of paintings created over the period 1954 - 1955 known as 'The Women of Algiers' . This study depicting a seated nude wearing a fez, in an Algerianesque boudoir with dancer.
