Lot 279: AREF EL RAYESS

AREF EL RAYESS 1928 - 2005 NAÎTRE C'EST COMMENCER À MOURIR signed, titled and dated 1964 N.Y. ; inscribed A L'ETE NELLE JEUNESSE DE F. KIESLER ET LA RICHESSE DE SON ESPRIT. MON AMITIÉE AREF RAYESS N.Y. 1964.I.N. SOUVENIR DE MA PREMIÈRE A NEW YORK on the reverse oil and collage on canvas 20 by 15 7/8 in. 50.8 by 40.4 cm.

Gift of the artist to Frederick Kiesler in 1964
Bequeathed to the present owner by Lillian Kiesler