Hatem El-Mekki

Gendarme Français Arretant Un Patriote Tunisien (French Officer Arresting A Tunisian Patriot) 

Found at Sothebys, Doha
Contemporary Art / Doha, Lot 25
21. Apr - 21. Apr 2015
Estimate: 35.000 - 45.000 USD
Price realised: 81.250 USD
Hatem El-Mekki
1916-2003
GENDARME FRANÇAIS ARRETANT UN PATRIOTE TUNISIEN (FRENCH OFFICER ARRESTING A TUNISIAN PATRIOT) 
signed twice
oil on canvas
72.5 by 60.3cm.; 28 1/2 by 23 7/8 in.
Executed circa 1955.
Private Collection, Tunisia (acquired directly from the artist circa 1955)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 81 %.

This artwork by Hatem El-Mekki achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Doha in April 2015. In the Contemporary Art / Doha auction, the work Gendarme Français Arretant Un Patriote Tunisien (French Officer Arresting A Tunisian Patriot)  sold for USD 81,250.00 (€ 72,791.61) - well above the upper estimate of USD 45,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Hatem El-Mekki - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Les Réfugiés (The Refugees), which sold at auction in October 2014 for USD 305,000.00 (€ 243,415.80).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 81 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Hatem El-Mekki erzielte im April 2015 bei Sothebys in Doha einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Art / Doha wurde die Arbeit Gendarme Français Arretant Un Patriote Tunisien (French Officer Arresting A Tunisian Patriot)  für USD 81.250,00 (€ 72.791,61) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 45.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Hatem El-Mekki mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Les Réfugiés (The Refugees) beobachtet, die im Oktober 2014 für USD 305.000,00 (€ 243.415,80) versteigert wurde.

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