Adel El-Siwi

The Red & The Blue

Found at Christies, Dubai
Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part I, Lot 33
17. Apr - 17. Apr 2012
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 158.500 USD
Adel El-Siwi (Egyptian, b. 1952)
The Red & The Blue
signed in Arabic, signed and dated 'SIWI 2011' (along the lower right edge of each panel)
mixed media on canvas, in two parts
each: 86 5/8 x 67in. (220 x 170cm.)
overall: 86 5/8 x 134in. (220 x 340cm.)
Executed in 2011

A top price for Adel El Siwi

This artwork by Adel El Siwi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Dubai in April 2012. In the Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part I auction, the work The Red & The Blue sold for USD 158,500.00 (€ 119,812.53) - well above the upper estimate of USD 80,000.00. This high result makes The Red & The Blue the most expensive artwork by Adel El Siwi that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Adel El Siwi

Dieses Kunstwerk von Adel El Siwi erzielte im April 2012 bei Christies in Dubai einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part I wurde die Arbeit The Red & The Blue für USD 158.500,00 (€ 119.812,53) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 80.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Red & The Blue zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Adel El Siwi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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