Faeq Hassan
Baghdadiyat
Estimate: 60.000 - 100.000 GBP
Price realised: 190.900 GBP
Price realised: 190.900 GBP
Description
Faeq Hassan (Iraq, 1914-1992)
Baghdadiyat
oil on canvas, framed
signed (lower left), executed circa 1950s
75 x 62cm (29 1/2 x 24 7/16in).
Property from a private collection, Germany | Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner's family.
Baghdadiyat
oil on canvas, framed
signed (lower left), executed circa 1950s
75 x 62cm (29 1/2 x 24 7/16in).
Property from a private collection, Germany | Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner's family.
A top price for Faik Hassan
This artwork by Faik Hassan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in May this year. In the Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art auction, the work Baghdadiyat sold for GBP 190,900.00 (€ 222,113.42) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 100,000.00. This high result makes Baghdadiyat the most expensive artwork by Faik Hassan that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Faik Hassan
Dieses Kunstwerk von Faik Hassan erzielte im Mai diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art wurde die Arbeit Baghdadiyat für GBP 190.900,00 (€ 222.113,42) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 100.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Baghdadiyat zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Faik Hassan, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Faik Hassan - Auction history
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