Jewad Selim
The Wedding Chest
Found at
Bonhams,
London
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art including Baghdadiyat Part IIIThe Finale, Lot 13
23. Nov - 23. Nov 2022
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art including Baghdadiyat Part IIIThe Finale, Lot 13
23. Nov - 23. Nov 2022
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 GBP
Price realised: 353.100 GBP
Price realised: 353.100 GBP
Description
Jewad Selim (Iraq, 1919-1961)
The Wedding Chest
oil on canvas, framed
executed circa 1953
52 x 42cm (20 1/2 x 16 9/16in).
Property from the collection of the renowned architects Nizar Jawdat (1920-2017) and Ellen Jawdat (1921-2020), acquired directly from the artist, | thence by descent to the present owners
The Wedding Chest
oil on canvas, framed
executed circa 1953
52 x 42cm (20 1/2 x 16 9/16in).
Property from the collection of the renowned architects Nizar Jawdat (1920-2017) and Ellen Jawdat (1921-2020), acquired directly from the artist, | thence by descent to the present owners
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work The Wedding Chest by Jewad Selim was auctioned at Bonhams in London in November last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 100,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 353,100.00 (€ 409,162.28). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jewad Selim - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Good and Evil, An Abstraction, which sold at auction in November 2021 for GBP 838,750.00 (€ 984,771.42).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The Wedding Chest von Jewad Selim im November letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 100.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 353.100,00 (€ 409.162,28) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Jewad Selim mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Good and Evil, An Abstraction beobachtet, die im November 2021 für GBP 838.750,00 (€ 984.771,42) versteigert wurde.
Jewad Selim - Auction history
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