Hamed Ewais

Workers Resting

Found at Christies
Middle Eastern 20th and 21st Century Art, Lot 8
20. Oct - 3. Nov 2021
Estimate: 35.000 - 45.000 GBP
Price realised: 437.500 GBP
Hamed Ewais (Egyptian, 1919-2011)
Workers Resting
signed and dated in Arabic (lower left)
oil on canvas
38 7 ⁄ 8 x 50 3 ⁄ 4 in. (99 x 129cm.)
Painted in 1975
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.

Artwork auctioned at nine times the upper estimate price

The work Workers Resting by Hamed Ewais was worth GBP 437,500.00 (€ 513,666.16) to a buyer in November 2021. This price was achieved in the auction Middle Eastern 20th and 21st Century Art at Christies and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 45,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Hamed Ewais; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Al Aabour (The Crossing Of The Suez Canal) sold at auction in March 2016 with the realized price of USD 605,000.00 (€ 531,167.69).

Kunstwerk zum Neunfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit Workers Resting von Hamed Ewais war einem Käufer im November 2021 GBP 437.500,00 (€ 513.666,16) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Middle Eastern 20th and 21st Century Art bei Christies erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 45.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Hamed Ewais; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Al Aabour (The Crossing Of The Suez Canal) im März 2016 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 605.000,00 (€ 531.167,69).

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