Oil on board signed & dated bottom right « 19 Dec 1913 » –  An historically important testimony illustrating the beginning of his passion for North Africa (Majorelle discovered Egypt in 1910 and the Islam world which became a passion). An exceptional painting exhibited & catalogued at Jacques Majorelle Rétrospective at the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Nancy 1999 & Jacques Majorelle Rétrospective at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux 1999 reproduced in the catalogue. Chantal Destrez - principal author and curator of the exhibition.