Behjat Sadr

Untitled

Found at Sothebys, London
20th Century Art / Middle East, Lot 22
22. Oct - 22. Oct 2019
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 GBP
Price realised: 96.250 GBP
BEHJAT SADR
1924 - 2009
Iranian
UNTITLED
signed Sadr
oil on hardboard
75.5 by 151.5cm.; 29¾ by 59⅝in.
Executed circa 1970s.
Private Collection, Tehran | Private Collection, Los Angeles (gifted by the above to the present owner in the 1980s)

A top price for Behjat Sadr

This artwork by Behjat Sadr achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in October 2019. In the 20th Century Art / Middle East auction, the work without title sold for GBP 96,250.00 (€ 111,643.10) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 40,000.00. This high result makes the work without title the most expensive artwork by Behjat Sadr that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Behjat Sadr

Dieses Kunstwerk von Behjat Sadr erzielte im Oktober 2019 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th Century Art / Middle East wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für GBP 96.250,00 (€ 111.643,10) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 40.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht das Werk ohne Titel zum teuersten Kunstwerk von Behjat Sadr, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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