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- 1904 (Creation)
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52 x 35.5 cm
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The Cercle Artistque was an Art Salon founded in Cairo (27 Madabegh Street) in the late 19th century. It was presided by an old inhabitant of the city, the Italian ophthalmologist Onofrio Abbate Pasha. Artistic exhibitions were held annually during Ramadan. The first such exhibition to be mentioned in the local press dates to 1896.
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Four-page catalogue of the 14th Painting Exhibition in the hall of the Cercle Artistique. The last page is blank. Twelve works by [Theodore] Ralli were presented, one of which is underlined in pencil on the first page. The value of each painting is listed in English pounds. The catalogue was printed in Cairo.
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French
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Physical item wear: holes; tears; oxidations.
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Cercle Artistique. “Exhibition catalogue”. Exhibition catalogue, 18.03.1905. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF006-0010 (1357), 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-SF02-S02-F25-SF006-0010.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Typo.-Litho. Böhme & Anderer (Subject)
- Ralli, Theodore I. (Subject)