Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi
Moroccan untitled (Dedicated To Rbh)
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 GBP
Price realised: 16.250 GBP
Price realised: 16.250 GBP
Description
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi
1928 - 1985
MOROCCANUNTITLED (DEDICATED TO RBH)
signed Yacoubi to RBH
oil on canvas
62 by 41cm.; 24 1/4 by 16 1/8 in.
Executed in the 1950s.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the 1950s
1928 - 1985
MOROCCANUNTITLED (DEDICATED TO RBH)
signed Yacoubi to RBH
oil on canvas
62 by 41cm.; 24 1/4 by 16 1/8 in.
Executed in the 1950s.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the 1950s
Upper estimate price exceeded by 81 %.
This artwork by Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in April 2017. In the 20th Century Art/ Middle East auction, the work Moroccan untitled (Dedicated To Rbh) sold for GBP 16,250.00 (€ 19,297.15) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 9,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Moroccan the Battle Of Marrakesh, which sold at auction in December 2015 for GBP 37,500.00 (€ 50,923.20).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 81 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi erzielte im April 2017 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th Century Art/ Middle East wurde die Arbeit Moroccan untitled (Dedicated To Rbh) für GBP 16.250,00 (€ 19.297,15) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 9.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Moroccan the Battle Of Marrakesh beobachtet, die im Dezember 2015 für GBP 37.500,00 (€ 50.923,20) versteigert wurde.
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi - Auction history
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