Ahmed Moustafa
Qur'anic Polyptych of Nine Panels
Estimate: 300.000 - 350.000 USD
Price realised: 657.000 USD
Price realised: 657.000 USD
Description
AHMED MOUSTAFA (EGYPTIAN, B. 1943)
Qur'anic Polyptych of Nine Panels
each signed in Arabic and dated
oil, watercolour and pastel on Velin Arches hand made paper (seven panels); oil, watercolour and pastel on canvas (two panels)
each 40 x 40in. (102 x 102cm.)
Overall 120 x 120in. (306 x 306cm.)
Qur'anic Polyptych of Nine Panels
each signed in Arabic and dated
oil, watercolour and pastel on Velin Arches hand made paper (seven panels); oil, watercolour and pastel on canvas (two panels)
each 40 x 40in. (102 x 102cm.)
Overall 120 x 120in. (306 x 306cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Ahmed Moustafa achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Dubai in October 2007. In the International Modern and Contemporary Art auction, the work Qur'anic Polyptych of Nine Panels sold for USD 657,000.00 (€ 454,105.61) - well above the upper estimate of USD 350,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Ahmed Moustafa; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Night Journey And Ascension sold at auction in December 2010 with the realized price of USD 842,500.00 (€ 634,938.58).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ahmed Moustafa erzielte im Oktober 2007 bei Christies in Dubai einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion International Modern and Contemporary Art wurde die Arbeit Qur'anic Polyptych of Nine Panels für USD 657.000,00 (€ 454.105,61) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 350.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Ahmed Moustafa; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Night Journey And Ascension im Dezember 2010 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 842.500,00 (€ 634.938,58).
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