Hafidh Al-Droubi

Cock fight

Found at Christies, London
Marhala: Highlights from the Dalloul Collection, Lot 37
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2023
Estimate: 18.000 - 25.000 GBP
Price realised: 50.400 GBP
HAFIDH AL-DROUBI (1914, BAGHDAD - 1991, BAGHDAD)
Cock fight
signed and dated in Arabic (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 7⁄8 x 38 ¼in. (48 x 97cm.)
Painted in 1967

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Hafidh al-Droubi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November this year. In the Marhala: Highlights from the Dalloul Collection auction, the work Cock fight sold for GBP 50,400.00 (€ 58,402.64) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 25,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Hafidh al-Droubi; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Kadhimain Alley sold at auction in November 2021 with the realized price of GBP 52,500.00 (€ 61,639.94).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Hafidh al-Droubi erzielte im November diesen Jahres bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Marhala: Highlights from the Dalloul Collection wurde die Arbeit Cock fight für GBP 50.400,00 (€ 58.402,64) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 25.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Hafidh al-Droubi; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Kadhimain Alley im November 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 52.500,00 (€ 61.639,94).

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