Fahrelnissa Zeid
Untitled
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 189.000 GBP
Price realised: 189.000 GBP
Description
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1901 - 1991
Untitled
signed; annotated This is to certify that this painting is the work of my late mother Fahrelnissa Zeid - Raad bin Zaid on the reverse
oil on canvas
160 by 128 cm. 63 by 50¼ in.
framed: 163 by 131 cm. 64 by 51½ in.
Executed circa 1950s.
Collection of Baron Espaux (acquired directly from the artist) | Thence by descent | Private Collection, Paris | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1968
1901 - 1991
Untitled
signed; annotated This is to certify that this painting is the work of my late mother Fahrelnissa Zeid - Raad bin Zaid on the reverse
oil on canvas
160 by 128 cm. 63 by 50¼ in.
framed: 163 by 131 cm. 64 by 51½ in.
Executed circa 1950s.
Collection of Baron Espaux (acquired directly from the artist) | Thence by descent | Private Collection, Paris | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1968
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Fahrelnissa Zeid achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in October 2021. In the 20th Century Art / Middle East auction, the work without title sold for GBP 189,000.00 (€ 223,913.95) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 80,000.00. Admittedly, works by Fahrelnissa Zeid have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Break Of The Atom And Vegetal Life in October 2013 with an auction result of USD 2,741,000.00 (€ 2,016,330.73).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Fahrelnissa Zeid erzielte im Oktober 2021 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th Century Art / Middle East wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für GBP 189.000,00 (€ 223.913,95) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 80.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Fahrelnissa Zeid auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Break Of The Atom And Vegetal Life im Oktober 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.741.000,00 (€ 2.016.330,73).
Fahrelnissa Zeid - Auction history
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