Jewad Selim
The Nargile Smoker
Estimate: 800 - 1.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.403 GBP
Price realised: 1.403 GBP
Description
Jewad Selim (Iraq, 1919-1961)
The Nargile Smoker
lithograph on greeting card
signed "J. Selim" (lower left), executed circa 1950s
16 x 12cm (6 5/16 x 4 3/4in).
Property from the collection of the renowned architects Nizar Jawdat (1920-2017) and Ellen Jawdat (1921-2020) | Gifted by the Artist to the above | Thence by descent to the present owners
The Nargile Smoker
lithograph on greeting card
signed "J. Selim" (lower left), executed circa 1950s
16 x 12cm (6 5/16 x 4 3/4in).
Property from the collection of the renowned architects Nizar Jawdat (1920-2017) and Ellen Jawdat (1921-2020) | Gifted by the Artist to the above | Thence by descent to the present owners
Upper estimate price exceeded by 40 %.
The work The Nargile Smoker by Jewad Selim was sold in the Sketches from Baghdad auction at Bonhams in London in February last year. It achieved a price of GBP 1,402.50 (€ 1,676.78), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 40%. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jewad Selim achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Good and Evil, An Abstraction in November 2021 with an auction result of GBP 838,750.00 (€ 984,771.42).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 40 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Nargile Smoker von Jewad Selim wurde im Februar letzten Jahres in der Auktion Sketches from Baghdad bei Bonhams in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 1.402,50 (€ 1.676,78) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 40%. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jewad Selim erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Good and Evil, An Abstraction im November 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 838.750,00 (€ 984.771,42).
Jewad Selim - Auction history
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