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[Omar and Mohamed RACIM] Set of five documents.
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[Omar and Mohamed RACIM] Set of five documents.
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
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[Omar and Mohamed RACIM]
Set of five documents.
a) Handwritten letter of condolence signed in Arabic and French "Omar Racim", dated 5 chaabane 1323 (26 July 1944), mentioning his address in Algiers. Neat calligraphy by the artist.
b) Revue As-Salam, revue musulmane nord-africaine de culture et d'actualité, no. 4, first year, 15 October 1946. Director Hamza Boubaker (*father of Dalil). Issue incomplete. Cover illustrated by Omar Racim and photograph of Ali Racim, Omar's father.
c) 78 rpm record sleeve, Pacific label, designed by Omar Racim. Reproduced on p.72 in the catalogue of the exhibition devoted to Omar Racim in Algiers from 14 to 28 February 2009.
d) Catalogue of the exhibition Omar Racim, l'artiste, le créateur et le patriote iconoclaste, held at the Musée national des Antiquités et de l'Art islamique in Algiers from 14 to 28 February 2009. In-4 paperback, softcover, 80p. colour illustrations. In Arabic and French.
e) Catalogue of the exhibition Mohamed Racim, miniaturiste algérien, at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris from 3 March to 29 March 1992. Texts by Brahim Alaoui, Malika Bouabdallah, François Pouillon, Mustapha Orif, Robert Randau. Square format 25 cm, 46p. 7 miniatures reproduced in colour. In French. A collection of rare documents relating to the two founding brothers of modern Algerian painting.
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About the sale
Arab, African & Indian Modernities
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Auction time
06/18/2026 at 2:30 PM
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