Description
The XIX Programme de Festival Baalbeck 1974 is the catalog/program booklet for the 19th Baalbeck International Festival, held in 1974. An auction description provides substantial details about its contents:
Key details
Title: XIX Programme de Festival Baalbeck 1974
Year: 1974
Format: Festival program/catalog, approximately 28 × 22 cm.
Includes introductory messages by Suleiman Frangieh (President of Lebanon) and May Arida (President of the Festival Committee).
Contains”Voyage au Liban” by Etel Adnan (pp. 13-15).
Features a major section titled”Celebration of 100 Years of Lebanese Painting, 1870-1970″, edited by Waddah Faris, covering numerous leading Lebanese artists.
Cover design by Waddah Faris.
The catalog is especially noteworthy because it serves not only as a festival program but also as a substantial survey of a century of Lebanese painting, featuring artists such as Daoud Corm, Habib Srour, Khalil Saleeby, Moustafa Farroukh, Omar Onsi, Saliba Douaihy, Shafic Abboud, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Paul Guiragossian, Aref Rayess, and many others.
A copy was recently offered at auction with an estimate of $50-$100 USD, indicating that surviving copies are collectible but still occasionally appear on the market.
If you’re interested, I can also help locate a digitized copy or prepare a detailed bibliographic description suitable for a Lebanese books collection catalog.
