DUBAI.- Christie’s will offer 25 masterpieces from
the Collection of Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi at the auction of International Modern
and Contemporary Art on 27 April 2010 in Dubai. While serving
first as Mayor and then as Lord Mayor of Jeddah in the 1970s and 1980s, Dr.
Farsi was instrumental in making the city one of the largest open-air galleries
in the world and in highlighting international art in the Middle East
region; Jeddah boasts sculptures by Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Hans Arp
and Alexander Calder, among others. Dr. Farsi was deeply influenced by Egypt
where he attended the University of Alexandria, and during his lifetime he has
assembled the most important private collection of Modern Egyptian art, from
which 25 works will be offered at Christie’s in April.