Letter with post cards from the Sharjah Art Foundation

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Letter with envelope & 5 postcards from the exhibition The Khartoum School Sudanese Modern and Contemporary Art at the Sharjah Art Foundation, 2016:

a. Photocopied backs of postcards 58c and 58d

b. Envelope

c. Postcard from the Sharjah Art Foundation, entitled ‘Sun Lady’ by Studio Mwahib, El Obeid. The Khartoum School : the making of the modern art movement in Sudan (1945 – present)

d. Postcard from the Sharjah Art Foundation, entitled ‘One and One’ by Amir Nour. Brevity is the soul of wit : a retrospective (1956 – present)

e. Postcard from the Sharjah Art Foundation, entitled ‘Group of women in a trance’ by Kamala Ishaq. Women in crystal cubes : a retrospective

f. Postcard from the Sharjah Art Foundation, entitled ‘[Arabic text]’

g. Postcard from the Sharjah Art Foundation, entitled ‘[Arabic text]’

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Collection currently on display in the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, until 23rd March 2019.

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Acquisition Information

The donation was made to SOAS Library in June 2018 by Elsbeth Court, an academic who teaches African Art on the IFCELS course at SOAS, with the support and agreement of the artist Hassan Musa.

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Letter 11cm x 15cm

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Copyright in the artwork of Hassan Musa assigned to SOAS by the artist, 2018. Copyrights persist in other images and texts. The user is advised to investigate copyrights before making any re-use of this material.

Archive Record|Table of contents

Hassan Musa Mail Art CollectionMS 381333

Notre Ami le Roi [Our Friend the King]MS 381333/01

Sutan avec harem Afranchi [sic] [Sultan with stamped harem]MS 381333/02

En Taule avec des amis Hollandais [In Jail with Dutch Friends]MS 381333/03

L'Union fait la force ou commend, en eliminant St. George, les dragons de Jurassic Park ont garder la Vache qui Rit [Unity makes strength or 'commend', by eliminating St. George, Jurassic Park's dragons have keep the cow laughing]MS 381333/04

Cena Musa [Musa's Last Supper 1]MS 381333/05

Dans charité il y a char [in charity/aid there is a tank]MS 381333/06

Cena Musa 2 [Musa's Last Supper 2]MS 381333/07

Le Chien aux Dents Jaunes Comptine Soudanaise [The dog with yellow teeth]MS 381333/08

Les 3 Graces [The 3 Graces]MS 381333/09

Cena Musa [Musa's Last Supper 3]MS 381333/10

Aya knows why cats paint! "Parceque les chiens ne savent pas peindre!" [Aya knows why cats paint because dogs don't know how to paint!]MS 381333/11

H. Matisse et H. Musa pour WarrenMS 381333/12

[untitled]MS 381333/13

Les Trois Graces au chien d'art [three graces and art dog]MS 381333/14

[calligraphic zebra ]MS 381333/15a

[calligraphic zebra]MS 381333/15b

Cena with Little Red Riding HoodMS 381333/16

Utamaro (1754-1806) & H.MusaMS 381333/17

Le miel de la vie [The Honey of Life]MS 381333/18

Zebra LyingMS 381333/19

Ephémère, by Mathilde PapapietroMS 381333/20a

Signes du Paysage, by Mathilde PapapietroMS 381333/20b

Beaucoup d'idées mais pas de Petrole [A lot of ideas but no oil]MS 381333/21

Aya Musa's Bonne Année 96MS 381333/22

Aya Musa's Bonne Année et Meilleurs…MS 381333/23

Notice d'Utilisation Des Baguettes et Des Carottes [Instructions for use with bagettes/bread and carrots]MS 381333/24

[accordion letter, mixed media]MS 381333/25

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian Par Avion By Air Mail ArtMS 381333/26

Aya Musa's pictureMS 381333/27

[untitled, with three heads or masks]MS 381333/28

Welcome Back HomeMS 381333/29

C'est Moi! [Holy Martyr, by Lorenzetti]MS 381333/30

[accordion letter, mixed media]MS 381333/31

Salamāt from Venezia [Greetings from Venice]MS 381333/32

Dites-le avec des timbres [Say it with stamps]MS 381333/33

[untitled]MS 381333/34

Happy New Year 99MS 381333/35

[untitled envelope by Aya]MS 381333/36

[untitled, photocopy of Schehrazade]MS 381333/37

Le Chemin de salut [The path to salvation]MS 381333/38a

Crucifixion with African labourMS 381333/38b

New Years cardMS 381333/39

New Years cardMS 381333/40

La Disparition de la Vierge Marie du Vol Charter Paris-Bamako [The disappearance of the Virgin Mary on the flight from Paris to Bamako]MS 381333/41

Who needs bananas in New Guinea?MS 381333/42

[untitled envelope, three keys]MS 381333/43

New Year's correspondenceMS 381333/44a

Self Portrait in black mood while everybody is having fun!MS 381333/44b

[Untitled, letter on brochure 'Le Fruit dans l'Histoire et dans l'Art']MS 381333/45

Le voyage forme les esprits et déforme les corps [The journey shapes spirits and deforms bodies]MS 381333/46

Masques AfricainsMS 381333/47

La verite sur la mort de la vierge Marilyn [All the truth about the suspicious death of the Virgin Marilyn (Monroe)]MS 381333/48

Bonne AnneeMS 381333/49a

[untitled photocopy]MS 381333/49b

Lecons Negociateurs The Good Negociaters [sic]MS 381333/50

[untitled linoprint on the theme of Millet's The Gleaners]MS 381333/51a

[untitled envelope with a card of Musa's Art du Deminage (the art of clearing landmines)]MS 381333/51b

[untitled card with embroidery]MS 381333/52

Bonne Annee 2013MS 381333/53

[untitled envelope with a fishing scene]MS 381333/54

4 cards from and about KhartoumMS 381333/55a-d

Card & flyer from Fondation Van GoghMS 381333/56a-b

Eat is Eat and West is West [with envelope's contents]MS 381333/57a-d

Letter with post cards from the Sharjah Art FoundationMS 381333/58a-g