Mohamed Naghi Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Mohamed Naghi Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 30, 2024
‡ MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
‡ MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956) RURAL SCENES coloured pencil on paper all signed with initial N lower right various sizes approx. 12 x 18cm; 43/4 x 7in unframed (10) Property from the Zulficar Family Collection, Alexandria Mohamad Naghi was born in Alexandria and completed his secondary education at the elite Swiss School in Egypt before studying law at the University of Lyon in France from 1906-1910. He studied at the Scuola Libera del Nudo at the Academy of Florence until 1914, where he was the institution’s first Egyptian student. After his death, the Ministry of Culture, with the help and urging of his sister Effat, converted his villa in Giza into a museum which opened on July 13, 1968.
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Sep. 25, 2024
Mohamed Naghi (Alessandria d'Egitto 1888-1956) - Mediterranean navy
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
oil on board 14 x 24 cm signed on the reverse: M. Naghi
Finarte
May. 01, 2024
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956) DUCKS ON THE SHORE signed in English Naghi lower right watercolour on paper 22 x 28.5cm; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4in 41 x 52cm; 16 x 20 1/2in (framed) Property from a Private Collection, London Provenance Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent to the present owner Literature Dr Sobhy Al Sharouny, A Museum in a Book, Cairo, 1998, pp. 36 and 41, illustrated See note to previous lot.
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May. 01, 2024
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £2,000 - £4,000
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956) THE CHESS PLAYER oil on paper, laid on board 46 x 30cm; 18 x 11 3/4in 50 x 34cm; 19 3/4 x 13 1/2in (framed) Property from a Private Collection, London Provenance Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent to the present owner Literature Dr Sobhy Al Sharouny, A Museum in a Book, Cairo, 1998, pp. 37 and 45, illustrated See note to previous lot.
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May. 01, 2024
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £500 - £800
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956) ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS III pastel on paper 23 x 15.5cm; 9 x 6in 39.5 x 29cm; 15 1/2 x 11 1/2in (framed) Property from a Private Collection, London Provenance Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent to the present owner Mohammad Naghi, born in Alexandria, is famous for establishing the standard for a renaissance in Egyptian modern art as a member of Egypt's first generation artists, also known as Al-Ruwwad. After graduating in law at the University of Lyon in France in 1910, Naghi studied art at the Academy of Florence until 1914. This classical European training in Italy and his elite background (as he was born to a well-connected family), along with political developments in Egypt, shaped much of his art and fashioned his role as a diplomat and cultural educator. His works combine ancient Egyptian influences with his characteristically delicate style. Naghi had a tendency towards Impressionist art and its use of colour. While he was living in France following the First World War, he became acquainted with the work of Claude Monet, which he adapted to capture his native scenes in Egypt. Following the 1919 Egyptian revolution, his work turned towards using ancient Egyptian iconography and creating art based on folklore and Egyptian cultural heritage. Naghi's works combined ancient Egyptian influences with his delicate characteristic style, creating a 'neo-pharonic style', which reformulated ancient Egyptian imagery using Western formulas of representation. Throughout the interwar years, Naghi served as a diplomat and cultural attaché for Egypt, traveling to Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Prague, Adis Ababa, Rome, and most notably Ethiopia. While in Ethiopia in the early 1930s, he produced his most prolific body of work, known as his 'Abyssinian period', which featured figurative paintings of daily life in an expressive style using bright, warm colours. Naghi served as the head of the School of Fine Arts in Cairo from 1937 to 1939, where he was the first Egyptian to lead the school since its inception in 1908. While there, he introduced the study of ancient Egyptian art into the school's curriculum. In 1939, he became director of the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, a post which he held until 1947 when he was appointed to the Egyptian Academy in Rome. He served as an Egyptian cultural attaché to Italy until 1950. In 1952, Naghi established and directed the Cairo Atelier art gallery. In 1955, Naghi went to Cyprus to paint Archbishop Makarios III (subject of the present lot), leader of the island's revolution against the British colonial establishment. Naghi finished his career in Cairo, where he set up his villa studio near the Pyramids, where he lived until his death in 1956.
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Nov. 09, 2023
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (1888, ALEXANDRIA - 1956, ALEXANDRIA) Grilling Lamb in Cypru
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (1888, ALEXANDRIA - 1956, ALEXANDRIA) Grilling Lamb in Cyprus oil on canvas mounted on panel 14 7⁄8 x 20 7⁄8in. (37.9 x 53.1cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 25, 2023
† MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £3,500 - £5,500
† MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956) THE CHESS PLAYER oil on board 46 x 30cm; 18 x 11 3/4in 50 x 34cm; 19 3/4 x 13 1/2in (framed) Provenance Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent Literature Dr Sobhy Al Sharouny, A Museum in a Book, Cairo, 1998, pp. 37 and 45, illustrated
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Oct. 25, 2023
† MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £4,500 - £5,500
† MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956) THE FORGIVENESS signed in English Naghi lower right oil on board 44.5 x 29.5cm; 17 1/2 x 11 1/2in 61.5 x 46.5cm; 24 x 18 1/2 in (framed) Provenance Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent Literature Dr Sobhy Al Sharouny, A Museum in a Book, Cairo, 1998, pp. 36 and 41, illustrated
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Oct. 25, 2023
† MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £1,500 - £3,500
† MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956) DUCKS ON THE SHORE signed in English Naghi lower right watercolour on paper 22 x 28.5cm; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4in 41 x 52cm; 16 x 20 1/2in (framed) Provenance Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent Literature Dr Sobhy Al Sharouny, A Museum in a Book, Cairo, 1998, pp. 36 and 41, illustrated
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Oct. 25, 2023
† MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £800 - £1,200
† MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956) A GREEK PRIEST pastel on paper 23 x 15.5cm; 9 x 6in 39.5 x 29cm; 15 1/2 x 11 1/2in (framed) Provenance Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent
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May. 11, 2023
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
THE FORGIVENESS signed in English Naghi lower right oil on board image: 44.5 x 29.5cm; 17 1/2 x 11 1/2in framed: 61.5 x 46.5cm; 24 x 18 1/2 in Provenance: Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent
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May. 11, 2023
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
AN ETHIOPIAN CELEBRATION signed in English Naghi lower right oil on paper image: 23 x 29cm; 9 x 11 1/2in framed: 53 x 59.5cm; 20 3/4 x 23 1/4in Provenance: Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent Born to an Egyptian father and Turkish mother in Alexandria, Nagy displayed a keen interest in poetry, folk art, music and painting from a young age. From 1906 to 1910 he studied law in Lyons and from 1910 to 1914 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence - the first Egyptian student to do so - where he was taught by Claude Monet. Nagy returned to Egypt during the First World War, establishing the modern Egyptian school of painting focusing on Impressionism. In 1939 Nagy started his ambitious Alexandria School project and headed the Museum of Modern Art as its director. In 1952 he purchased a plot of land in Giza and pursued the project there. After he died the Ministry of Culture bought his studio and opened the Mohamed Nagy Museum there on 13 July 1968.
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May. 11, 2023
MOHAMMED NAGHI (EGYPTIAN 1888-1956)
Est: £3,500 - £5,500
THE ETHIOPIAN EMBROIDERESS signed in English Naghi lower right watercolour on paper image: 30 x 46cm; 11 3/4 x 18 1/4in framed: 63 x 79cm; 24 3/4 x 31in Provenance: Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent
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Nov. 17, 2021
Mohammad Naghi (Egypt, 1888-1956) Nubian Man
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Mohammad Naghi (Egypt, 1888-1956) Nubian Man oil on paper signed 'Naghi' (lower left), executed circa 1950s 33 x 24cm (13 x 9 7/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Nov. 17, 2021
Mohammad Naghi (Egypt, 1888-1956) Nightime Harbour
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Mohammad Naghi (Egypt, 1888-1956) Nightime Harbour oil on panel signed 'M.Naghi' (lower left), executed circa 1940s 13.8 x 22.5cm (5 7/16 x 8 7/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Apr. 19, 2021
Mohamed Naghi (1888-1956) Le Temple de Karnak huile sur carton 49.5 x 73.5
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
Mohamed Naghi (1888-1956) Le Temple de Karnak huile sur carton 49.5 x 73.5 cm.
Christie's
Apr. 19, 2021
Mohamed Naghi (1888-1956) Jardin en Égypte huile sur carton 34 x 49 cm.
Est: €7,000 - €10,000
Mohamed Naghi (1888-1956) Jardin en Égypte huile sur carton 34 x 49 cm.
Christie's
Apr. 14, 2021
Mohamed Naghi (1888-1956) Les Gardes frontières huile sur panneau 70 x 88.
Est: €32,000 - €50,000
Mohamed Naghi (1888-1956) Les Gardes frontières huile sur panneau 70 x 88.5 cm.
Christie's
Oct. 12, 2016
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN, 1888-1956) The Mahmel In Procession oil on canvas, framed signed (lower ri
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
MOHAMMAD NAGHI (EGYPTIAN, 1888-1956) The Mahmel In Procession oil on canvas, framed signed (lower right) 65 x 92cm (25 9/16 x 36 1/4in).
Bonhams
Oct. 20, 2015
The Temple of Karnak
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
Mohammed Naghi (Egyptian, 1888-1956) The Temple of Karnak signed 'Naghi' (lower left) oil on board 19¼ x 29in. (49 x 73.5cm.) Painted circa 1930s
Christie's
Mar. 18, 2015
Mohammed Naghi (Egyptian, 1888-1956) The Temple of Karnak oil on canvas 31
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
Mohammed Naghi (Egyptian, 1888-1956) The Temple of Karnak oil on canvas 31 7/8 x 45 7/8in. (81 x 116.5cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 26, 2011
Mohammad Naghi (Egyptian, 1888-1956)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Mohammad Naghi (Egyptian, 1888-1956) A scene from Montenegro signed 'Naghi' (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed in Arabic and signed 'Naghi' (on the reverse) oil on paper (recto); watercolour and pencil on paper (verso) 5½ x 9in. (14 x 23cm.) Executed in 1952
Christie's
Jun. 02, 2010
Mohammad Naghi (Egypt, 1888-1956) Daughter of Abd-el Rassoul,
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Daughter of Abd-el Rassoul, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1939 lower right, framed, 64 x 53.5cm (25 3/16 x 21 1/16in).
Bonhams