Hamed Ewais

At the Zoo

Found at Christies
Middle Eastern 20th and 21st Century Art, Lot 7
20. Oct - 3. Nov 2021
Estimate: 20.000 - 25.000 GBP
Price realised: 150.000 GBP
Hamed Ewais (Egyptian, 1919-2011)
At the Zoo
signed and dated in Arabic (lower centre)
oil on canvas
35 7 ⁄ 8 x 29 7 ⁄ 8 in. (91 x 76cm.)
Painted in 1960
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.

Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price

When the work At the Zoo by Hamed Ewais was auctioned at Christies in November 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 25,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at GBP 150,000.00 (€ 176,114.11). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Hamed Ewais - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Al Aabour (The Crossing Of The Suez Canal), which sold at auction in March 2016 for USD 605,000.00 (€ 531,167.69).

Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit At the Zoo von Hamed Ewais im November 2021 bei Christies versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 25.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 150.000,00 (€ 176.114,11) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Hamed Ewais mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Al Aabour (The Crossing Of The Suez Canal) beobachtet, die im März 2016 für USD 605.000,00 (€ 531.167,69) versteigert wurde.

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