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A falcon's eye: tribute to Sheikh Saoud Al Thani

A falcon's eye: tribute to Sheikh Saoud Al Thani
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ISBN 9788857243467 (softcover)
Title A falcon's eye : tribute to Sheikh Saoud Al Thani / [lead authors : Hubert Bari, Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya, Biri Fay, Giles M. Hudson]
Publisher Doha : Qatar Museums, Milano : Skira, 2020
Physical desc. 215 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Note Catalogue of an exhibition held 25 March 2020 to 2 January 2021, at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.
Gift of Qatar Museums.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction / Julia Gonnella -- My frog is my time machine: light on a dark horse / His Excellency Sheikh Saoud bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani -- The absent present / His Excellency Sheikh Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani -- A brilliant connoisseur, Sheikh Saoud / Lord Rothschild, OM, GBE -- Sheikh Saoud and his farm, Al Wabra / Hubert Bari -- Sheikh Saoud / Biri Fay -- The paradoxical Sheikh Saoud, where ugliest was best / William Robinson -- Sheikh Saoud: portrait of a friend / Oliver Hoare -- Sheikh Saoud: Monday, November 10th 2014 / François-Marie Banier -- Exhibition album. Sheikh Saoud's contribution to Qatar Museums / Hubert Bari and Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- Natural history / Hubert Bari and Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- Egyptology / Biri Fay -- Other antiquities / Hubert Bari and Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- Islamic art / Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- The collector's table: other masterpieces / Hubert Bari and Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- Photography / Giles M. Hudson.
Person as subject Āl Thānī, Saʻūd
Corporate name Museum of Islamic Art (Dawḥah, Qatar) -- Exhibitions
Al Thani Collection
Subject Islamic art -- Exhibitions
Art -- Private collections -- Qatar -- Exhibitions
Added name(s) Bari, Hubert 1956-
Chekhab-Abudaya, Mounia
Fay, Biri
Hudson, Giles
Added name(s) - Corporate Qatar Museums Authority
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