Childrens scuffs worn by Camille Fox
Object numberM2023/044:002
TitleChildrens scuffs worn by Camille Fox
DescriptionPair of children's scuffs with coloured design featuring the Pyramids, a camel and palm trees. This pair was given as a gift to Camille at the age of 3 by her grandfather, Nessim Moussa Mars, after he returned from a trip to Cairo.
Camille Fox was 6 years old when her and her family were expelled from Alexandria, Egypt in 1954. The family left via the south of France and into Israel before arriving in Sydney in May 1960.
She has childhood memories of a charmed life in Egypt, with lavish children’s birthday parties, visiting her grandfather at his textile store in Anfushi, men smoking the shisha, her grandmother sipping sweet black coffee in fine English porcelain cups and nibbling cakes in Alexandria’s finest tea rooms. As an artist, Camille has infused these memories and times into her artworks representing life for Jewish populations in Egypt.
Camille Fox was 6 years old when her and her family were expelled from Alexandria, Egypt in 1954. The family left via the south of France and into Israel before arriving in Sydney in May 1960.
She has childhood memories of a charmed life in Egypt, with lavish children’s birthday parties, visiting her grandfather at his textile store in Anfushi, men smoking the shisha, her grandmother sipping sweet black coffee in fine English porcelain cups and nibbling cakes in Alexandria’s finest tea rooms. As an artist, Camille has infused these memories and times into her artworks representing life for Jewish populations in Egypt.
Production date circa 1951
Production period20th century
Object nameshoes
Materialleather
Dimensions
- length: 157.00 mm
width: 75.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, donated by Camille Fox.
This object is donated in memory of Camille's grandfather, Nessim Moussa Mars.