Ismail Fattah
The Fighter
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 50.400 GBP
Price realised: 50.400 GBP
Description
ISMAIL FATTAH (1934, BASRAH - 2004, BAGHDAD)
The Fighter
incised with the artist's name in Arabic; incised with the artist's name, number and date 'ISMAEL FATAH 1964 PDA.' (on the reverse of the base), incised with the artist's name and number again 'ISMAEL FATAH PDA.' (on the side of the base)
bronze
14 1⁄8 x 5 x 3 7⁄8in. (35.9 x 12.6 x 9.9cm.)
Executed in 1964, this is the artist's proof
The Fighter
incised with the artist's name in Arabic; incised with the artist's name, number and date 'ISMAEL FATAH 1964 PDA.' (on the reverse of the base), incised with the artist's name and number again 'ISMAEL FATAH PDA.' (on the side of the base)
bronze
14 1⁄8 x 5 x 3 7⁄8in. (35.9 x 12.6 x 9.9cm.)
Executed in 1964, this is the artist's proof
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work The Fighter by Ismail Fattah was auctioned at Christies in Paris in November this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 12,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 50,400.00 (€ 58,402.64). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ismail Fattah - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work without title, which sold at auction in October 2015 for USD 173,000.00 (€ 156,674.52).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The Fighter von Ismail Fattah im November diesen Jahres bei Christies in Paris versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 12.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 50.400,00 (€ 58.402,64) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Ismail Fattah mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit ohne Titel beobachtet, die im Oktober 2015 für USD 173.000,00 (€ 156.674,52) versteigert wurde.
Ismail Fattah - Auction history
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