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Lot 17

Fathi Afifi
(Egyptian, born 1950)
Nasser and the Factories

8 October 2020, 17:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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Fathi Afifi (Egyptian, born 1950)

Nasser and the Factories
signed and dated 'F.AFIFI/2016 F.AFIFI' (lower right)
oil on canvas
94.5 x 146cm (37 3/16 x 57 1/2in).

Footnotes

Afifi started life as a specialist technician in one of Nasser's military factories and then proceeded to represent these behemoths in paint.

He records images of the state factories to illustrate the industrialization era of Nasser and provide insight into the lives of an often overlooked working class.

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