Childrens scuffs worn by Camille Fox
InventarnummerM2023/044:002
TitelChildrens scuffs worn by Camille Fox
BeschreibungPair 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.
Datum circa 1951
Entstehungszeitraum20th century
SchlagwortSephardi Jewry, expulsion, expulsion of Jews from Egypt
Objektbezeichnungshoes
Materialleather
Format
- 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.