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- 1925 (Creation)
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25 x 17 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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Sketch by Nikolaos Gogos in pencil on one side of a sheet. Blank verso. It depicts Cavafy in profile view, wearing glasses and looking to the right. Signed by the artist and dated.
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Greek
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Writing in pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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Gogos, Nikolaos. “Sketch”. Sketch, 1925. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F16-0004 (2009), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF01-S04-F16-0004.
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- Gogos, Nikolaos (Authority)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
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The sketches with code numbers GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F16-0008 - 0011 are placed inside a folder of paperboard, on the second page of which the name of P. Anastasiadis is written.