Alfred Basbous

Sensual

Found at Christies, Paris
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, Lot 96
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2023
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 50.400 GBP
ALFRED BASBOUS (1924, RACHANA - 2006, RACHANA)
Sensual
signed and dated ‘A.BASBOUS 72’ (lower reverse)
dark gray marble
20 ½ x 15 x 5 ¾in. (52 x 38 x 14.5cm.)
Executed in 1972, this work is unique

A top price for Alfred Basbous

When the work Sensual by Alfred Basbous was auctioned at Christies in Paris in November this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 12,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 50,400.00 (€ 58,402.64). This high result makes Sensual the most expensive artwork by Alfred Basbous that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Alfred Basbous

Als die Arbeit Sensual von Alfred Basbous im November diesen Jahres bei Christies in Paris versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 12.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 50.400,00 (€ 58.402,64) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Sensual zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Alfred Basbous, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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