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16.5 x 11.5 cm
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Nikolaos Gogos (1897-?) was a painter. He was born in Alexandria (Egypt) and was initially educated in Cairo (Egypt) before continuing his studies in Paris (France), at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. In France, he exhibited his paintings at the Salon des Indépendants (1922) and at the Salon d’Automne (1923). He also organised personal exhibitions in Egypt.
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Photograph of a watercolour by Nikolaos Gogos. It depicts Cavafy in profile, sitting in an armchair, with a worry beads in his right hand. Signed handwritten dedication by the artist to Alekos Singopoulo on the verso.
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Greek
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Gogos, Nikolaos. “Photograph of a painting”. Photograph, n.d.. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F05-0004 (2037), Onassis Foundation Alekos & Rica Singopoulo Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/SING-S01-F05-0004.
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- Gogos, Nikolaos (Authority)
- Singopoulo, Alekos D. (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)