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16 March 2016

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RESULTS | Now and Ten + Modern and Contemporary Art - Dubai, 16th March 2016

Dubai APAC 16 March 2016

NOW AND TEN

& MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART SALES

Dubai, 16 March 2016, Sales 1241/ 1242

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

98 lots sold

Total: $11,985,752/ AED43,568,208

80 % sold by lot

123 lots offered

$1 = 3.635 AED

89 % sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate ($)

Price Realised

Buyer

5

Omar El-Nagdi (Egyptian, b. 1931),

Sarajevo, Painted in April 1992

WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

400,000-600,000

$1,145,000

AED4,162,075

Anonymous

3

Mahmoud Saïd (Egyptian, 1897-1964)

Le Nil à El Derr (Nubie) (The Nile in El Derr, Nubia), Painted in 1933

250,000-350,000

$701,000

AED2,548,135

Anonymous

2

Hamed Ewais (Egyptian, 1919-2011),

Al Aabour (The Crossing of the Suez Canal), Painted in 1974

WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

300,000-400,000

$605,000

AED2,199,175

Anonymous

14

Kadhim Haider (Iraqi, 1932-1985),

Al Buraq, Painted circa 1967

WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

200,000-250,000

$581,000

AED2,111,935

Anonymous

35

Monir Farmanfarmaian (Iranian, b. 1924),

The Sun Maiden, Executed in 1974

180,000-240,000

$377,000

AED1,370,395

Anonymous

11

Shafic Abboud (Lebanese, 1926-2004),

Café Hajj Daoud, Café Al Bahrein, Café Palestine, Café de Verre (from Les Cafés Engloutis series), Painted in 1990

300,000-400,000

$365,000

AED1,326,775

Anonymous

18

Sohrab Sepehri (Iranian, 1928-1980),

Untitled (from the Trees series), Painted circa 1970s

250,000-300,000

$341,000

AED1,239,535

Anonymous

28

Mansour Qandriz (Iranian, 1935-1965),

Untitled, Painted circa early 1960s

WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

150,000-200,000

$317,000

AED1,152,295

Anonymous

23

Parviz Tanavoli (Iranian, b. 1937),

Heech Lovers, Executed in 2007

300,000-400,000

$305,000

AED1,108,675

Anonymous

27

Faramarz Pilaram (Iranian, 1937-1982),

Untitled, Painted circa 1970s

180,000-240,000

$245,000

AED890, 575

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.