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20 October 2015

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RESULTS: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, Dubai - 20 October 2015

Dubai APAC 20 October 2015

DUBAI: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART

 Dubai, 20 October 2015, Sale 1239

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

           

88 lots sold

Total: $7,162,375/ 26,307,403AED  

   75 % sold by lot

118 lots offered

$1 = 3.673 AED

 89% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate ($)

Price Realised

Buyer

43

Mahmoud Said (1897-1964)

La Negresse aux bracelets, 1926

200,000-300,000

$665,000

AED2,442,545

Middle Eastern Private

86

Sohrab Sepehri (1928-1980)

Untitled (from the Trees series), 1970s

150,000-200,000

$425,000

AED1,561,025

Middle Eastern Private

105

Farhad Moshiri (b. 1963)

Scream’s Demons, 2008

200,000-250,000

$389,000

AED1,428,797

Middle Eastern Private

88

 

Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi (b. 1937)

SAAD, 1981

150,000 - 200,000

$365,000

AED1,340,645

Middle Eastern Private

112

Farhad Moshiri (b. 1963)

I will have no more wishes if you come back to ME, 2003

150,000-200,000

$245,000

AED899,885

Middle Eastern Private

106

Ayman Baalbaki (b. 1075)

Untitled, 2008

150,000 - 200,000

$233,000

AED855,809

Middle Eastern Private

102

Monir Farmanfarmaian (b. 1924)

Mirror Ball, 1974-1977 

80,000-120,000

$209,000

AED767,657

Middle Eastern Private

72

Manoucher Yektai (b. 1922)

Portrait of Robert Monroe, 1962

40,000-60,000

$209,000

AED767,657

Middle Eastern Private

96

Ismail Shammout (1931-2006)

Al Farah (Joy), 1993

150,000-200,000

$185,000

AED679,505

Middle Eastern

Private

59

Ismail Fattah (1934-2004)

Untitled, 2002

80,000-120,000

$173,000

AED635,429

European Private

       

 

*Please see separate post-sale press release for comment

PRESS CONTACT: Alexandra Kindermann| +41 79 101 4196 | akindermann@christies.com

Next Sale Season in Dubai: 15 and 16 March 2016 

Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, third-party financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits. 

 

 

 

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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.