Adam Henein - attributed to Adam Henein

Golden bronze polished sculpture of an abstract fish form, signed and attributed to Adam Henein (1929-2020), numbered 2 of 6. Little is known about its history, other than that it came from a private collection, with no further documentation. The bronze is in good condition with minimal signs of age, believed to be at least forty years old. The sculpture is loose from the granite base that came with it.

Dimensions of the statue excluding the base: 34.5 cm x 6 cm x 13 cm high, including base 26 cm. Weight 2.490 kilos.

Adam Henein was born in 1929 into a family of metalworkers, as a young child he modeled a clay figure of Ramses II at the age of eight, marking the beginning of an artistic journey that catapulted Henein onto the international art scene.
Renowned for his sculptural work in bronze, wood, clay and granite, Henein transforms solid material into ethereal presences through the use of simple lines, capturing the essence of modernist form. Characteristic of his oeuvre is the way the artist interweaves universal themes – motherhood, birds, boats and prayer – with references to Egyptian icons such as pyramids, obelisks, pharaonic kings and hieroglyphs. Henein also draws on his heritage in abstract and figurative paintings, a series of which are completed on papyrus, and shares with his sculptures a poetic simplicity of visual form.
After receiving a degree in sculpture from the School of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1953, Henein continued his education in Munich and Paris, where he lived for 25 years until 1996. Since returning to Egypt, Henein has made a major contribution to the country's cultural landscape, particularly in Aswan, where he founded the city's annual International Sculpture Symposium. Henein has received numerous awards for his work, which has been exhibited in Egypt, the Arab world, Europe, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among other places.