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Signed bottom left: Michael Chr. Kkasialos Oil on plywood PROVENANCE From the Artist to the present Owner in exchange for the architectural design of the church he built at his own expense next to his house in occupied Assia. "In 1967 an exhibition was held at the Commonwealth Institute in London (2 - 26 February). Kasialos himself, his wife and his son Kyriakos were present at the opening. The English press promoted the exhibition with articles on the work of the Cypriot naïf painter. The exhibition was visited by 7,566 people, a record number, according to Ronald Bowen, Curator of the Institute's Gallery. Almost all the works were sold. With this money, Κassialos began the construction of the church of St. Spyridon in his village, the icons of which he did himself. From the catalogue of the exhibition, 19 June - 30 July 2000