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19 March 2015

RESULTS: Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art

Dubai APAC 19 March 2015

123 lots sold

Total: $11,397,750/ AED41,863,935

     78% sold by lot

158 lots offered

1$ = 3.673 AED

   90% sold by value

Lot  

Description

Estimate ($)

Price Realised

Buyer

110A

Tahia Halim (Egyptian, 1919-2003), Farhat Al Nuba  (The Happiness of Nubia), Painted in 1965

WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

120,000 - 180,000

$749,000

AED 2,751,077

 

Anonymous

 

13

Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1975), Babel, Painted in 2005

WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

150,000 - 200,000

$485,000

AED 1,781,405

 

US Private

 

146

Abdulnasser Gharem (Saudi Arabian, b. 1973),  Hemisphere, Executed in 2014 (3)

140,000 - 180,000

$485,000

AED 1,781,405

 

Anonymous

 

140

Monir Farmanfarmaian (Iranian, b. 1924),  Zahra's Image, Executed in 2009

WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

350,000 - 500,000

$395,000

AED 1,450,835

 

Asian buying

 

102

Hamed Ewais (Egyptian, 1919-2011),  Homat al Hayat (The Protector of Life) , Painted in 1967-1968

150,000 - 200,000

$341,000

AED 1,252,493

 

Middle East buying

 

41

Mahmoud Sabri (Iraqi, 1927-2012),  Jnazet (Funeral), Painted in 1961

100,000 - 150,000

$317,000

AED 1,164,341

 

Asian buying

 

7

Paul Guiragossian (Lebanese, 1926-1993),  Automne (Autumn), Painted in 1989

150,000 - 250,000

$293,000

AED 1,076,189

 

Middle East Private

 

45

Charles Hossein Zenderoudi (French, born in Iran 1937), Untitled, Executed circa 1960-1961

120,000 - 180,000

$293,000

AED 1,076,189

 

Middle East Private

 

82

Suleiman Mansour (Palestinian, b. 1947),  Jamal Al Mahamel III (The Camel/Carrier of Hardships III), Painted in 2005

WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

60,000 - 90,000

$257,000

AED 943,961

 

Middle East Private

 

155

Rokni Haerizadeh (Iranian, b. 1978),  Shomal (Beach at the Caspian), Painted in 2008 (2)

WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

40,000 - 60,000

$221,000

AED 811,733

 

Anonymous

 

       

 

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.