Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 7

Hamed Abdalla
"Brothers" signed Lithograph 14"x10" in Edition 62/100 by Hamed Abdalla

Circa 1952

About the Item

"Brothers" signed Lithograph 14"x10" in Edition 62/100 by Hamed Abdalla Hamed Abdallah (1917-1985), a trailblazer in Egyptian and Arab modernism, took his artistic focus one step further with his expansion into what he labeled the “Creative Word.” The result was a series of written words expressed in paint, combining abstract concepts and human forms to bring radically different cultures, religions, and philosophies together on canvas. Abdallah was a self-taught artist who gained recognition early in his life. At age 24, he unveiled his first solo exhibition of Egyptian modernism. After successfully showing his work all over Egypt, Abdallah was honored with a 1949 solo show at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in Cairo. Over the next decade, he would put on exhibitions all throughout the UK, Asia, Europe, and the United States, at one point participating in a group installation at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. His works of art tell of revolt and resistance, of injustice and hope, of fellahins and modest people. They speak of revolution, of equality between man and woman, of death and spirituality... He drew his subjects from Egypt, his native land, from its Pharaonic, Coptic and Islamic past and from its everyday life in the streets and the coffee-houses... For more than fifty years, Hamed Abdallah worked relentlessly, leaving behind him a big amount of paintings, drawings and lithographs that witness today of an ongoing research and a creation that knew no boundaries. Moreover, Hamed Abdallah left many writings for beyond drawing and painting, the man cultivated his art theory and had a passion for philosophy. Several exhibition catalogs, dozens of interviews done in various languages, hundreds of newspaper articles, studies made by others on his work, and a large number of letters were recorded and kept by his family; a precious documentation that reveals the life and work of a great artist who was also a great humanist.
  • Creator:
    Hamed Abdalla (1917 - 1985)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1952
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Culver City, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1085112339962

More From This Seller

View All
"Husband and Wife" signed Lithograph 14"x10" in Edition 22/100 by Hamed Abdalla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Husband and Wife" signed Lithograph 14"x10" in Edition 22/100 by Hamed Abdalla Hamed Abdallah (1917-1985), a trailblazer in Egyptian and Arab modernism, took his artistic focus one...
Category

20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Street Boy" signed Lithograph 12" x 8" inch Edition 72/100 by Hamed Abdalla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Street Boy" signed Lithograph 12" x 8" inch Edition 72/100 by Hamed Abdalla Hamed Abdallah (1917-1985), a trailblazer in Egyptian and Arab modernism, t...
Category

20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Jay Z mugshot" Print 39 x 36 inch Ed. of 75 by Gerard Marti
By Gerard Marti
Located in Culver City, CA
"Jay Z Mugshot" Print 39 x 36 inch Ed. of 75 by Gerard Marti Digital print on paper. Ships rolled in a tube. Signed and numbered by the artist. Rap star Jay Z (real name: Shaw...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Canvas, Digital

"Jim Morrison Mugshot" Print on canvas 39 x 36 inch Ed. of 75 by Gerard Marti
By Gerard Marti
Located in Culver City, CA
"Jim Morrison Mugshot" Print on canvas 39 x 36 inch Ed. of 75 by Gerard Marti Giclee print on canvas Stretched on wooden bars. Signed and numbered by the artist. The lead singer of The Doors Jim...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Canvas, Digital

"Pablo Escobar Mugshot" Print on canvas 39 x 36 inch Ed. of 75 by Gerard Marti
By Gerard Marti
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pablo Escobar Mugshot" Print on canvas 39 x 36 inch Ed. of 75 by Gerard Marti Giclee print on canvas Stretched on wooden bars. Signed and numbered by the artist. Pablo Escobar’s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Canvas, Digital

"Keith Richards Mugshot" Print 39 x 36 inch Edition of 75 by Gerard Marti
By Gerard Marti
Located in Culver City, CA
"Keith Richards Mugshot" Print 39 x 36 inch Edition of 75 by Gerard Marti Digital print on fine art paper. Ships rolled in a tube. Signed and numbered by the artist.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Digital

You May Also Like

Alice Neel MAN IN HARNESS Lithograph, Signed Edition
By Alice Neel
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Alice Neel (1900-1984) Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 23/100; 1980 Country of origin; materials: American; lithograph Dimensions (H, W, D): 36.25"h, 27...
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Baseball Game: realist large-scale black and white drawing of sports game
By Michele Zalopany
Located in New York, NY
This print depicts a baseball game mid-play. An umpire crouches with his hand up, and the batter stands poised. In the lower right, spectators peer onto ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lullaby Henry Moore portrait black white drawing woman Auden poetry illustration
By Henry Moore
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of 18 lithographs drawn by the artist for the Auden Poems/Moore Lithographs 1974 book and portfolio. This work is from an edition of 25 printed on vellum aside from the portfolio (edition of 75) and the book. Signed by the artist lower right in pencil; numbered lower left in pencil. Lullaby features a male figure standing behind a woman sleeping with her head down. This shadowy figure recurs throughout Moore’s Auden lithographs, an ambiguous presence who exists between menace and comfort. The imagery for Lullaby was inspired by Auden’s poem Lullaby. Lullaby was the first poem Moore read for this project, which begins: “Lay your sleeping head, my love / Human on my faithless arm; / Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from / Thoughtful children, and the grave / Proves the child ephemeral: / But in my arms till break of day / Let the living creature lie, / Mortal, guilty, but to me / The entirely beautiful.” Lullaby is one of a group of lithographs...
Category

Late 20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall Angel of Paradise, from The Bible Lithographs 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Medium: Lithograph Title: Angel of Paradise Year: 1956 Portfolio: The Bible Lithographs 1956 Edition: 6500 Signed: No Reference: Cramer 25, Mourlot 121 Framed Si...
Category

1950s Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall Angel With Sword, from The Bible Lithographs 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Medium: Lithograph Title: Angel With Sword Year: 1956 Portfolio: The Bible Lithographs 1956 Edition: 6500 Signed: No Reference: Cramer 25, Mourlot 119 Framed Siz...
Category

1950s Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall Isaiah, from The Bible Lithographs 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Medium: Lithograph Title: Isaiah Year: 1956 Portfolio: The Bible Lithographs 1956 Edition: 6500 Signed: No Reference: Cramer 25, Mourlot 141 Framed Size: 22 1/2 ...
Category

1950s Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Recently Viewed

View All