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ÉTIENNE DINET (1861–1929)
The interior of a mosque. The mihrab, or niche indicating the direction of Mecca
Estimate12 000 - 18 000 €
The interior of a mosque. The mihrab, or niche indicating the direction of Mecca
Tempera on cardboard
Signed lower right
32.5 x 24 cm - 13 ¾ x 9 ½ in.
40.8 x 31.2 cm (cardboard) - 16 x 12 1/4 in. (cardboard)
Tempera on cardboard, signed lower right
- Frédéric Lung Collection, France (original label on the back)
- Henry Sorensen Collection, France
- Private collection, France
- Auction, Drawings, Old and Modern Paintings […], Art Valorem, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 9 December 2025, lot 97
- Acquired at the previous sale
- Koudir Benchikou [catalogue raisonné by] and Denise Brahimi [monograph by], The Life and Work of Étienne Dinet, Courbevoie: ACR Édition, 1984, described and reproduced under no. 434, p. 260
- Sliman ben Ibrahim Baâmer, Étienne Dinet [illustrations by] and Mohamed Racim [decoration by], The Life of Mohammed, Prophet of Allah, Paris: H. Piazza, 1918, reproduced on p. 57
- Beaux-Arts, Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris, Paris, mai-novembre 1931, n° inconnu (partie de Vie de Mahomet)
- Foire du Livre, Paris, Palais Galliera, 1918, n° inconnu
- Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, 1914, n°1356 (l'un des "Huit cadres de miniatures. Destinées à l’illustration de ‘La Vie de Mohammed, prophète d’Allah’, par E. Dinet et Sliman ben Ibrahim Bâmer.")
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