Mahmoud Hammad
Lakad Da'a Sha'iri Ala Babikom (My Poetry Was Lost at Your Door)
Found at
Christies,
Dubai
Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian & Turkish Art, Lot 53
21. Oct - 21. Oct 2014
Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian & Turkish Art, Lot 53
21. Oct - 21. Oct 2014
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Description
Mahmoud Hammad (Syrian, 1923-1988)
Lakad Da'a Sha'iri Ala Babikom (My Poetry Was Lost at Your Door)
signed and dated in Arabic, signed 'Hammad' (lower right)
oil and encaustic on canvas
22 7/8 x 29 3/8in. (58 x 74.5cm.)
Painted in 1967
Lakad Da'a Sha'iri Ala Babikom (My Poetry Was Lost at Your Door)
signed and dated in Arabic, signed 'Hammad' (lower right)
oil and encaustic on canvas
22 7/8 x 29 3/8in. (58 x 74.5cm.)
Painted in 1967
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Mahmoud Hammad achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Dubai in October 2014. In the Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian & Turkish Art auction, the work Lakad Da'a Sha'iri Ala Babikom (My Poetry Was Lost at Your Door) sold for USD 37,500.00 (€ 29,928.17) - well above the upper estimate of USD 20,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Mahmoud Hammad - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Lika'a Bnafasaji Asrak bi Khamsat Awkat (Rythme bleu - mauve en 5 temps), which sold at auction in October 2014 for USD 118,750.00 (€ 94,772.55).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Mahmoud Hammad erzielte im Oktober 2014 bei Christies in Dubai einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian & Turkish Art wurde die Arbeit Lakad Da'a Sha'iri Ala Babikom (My Poetry Was Lost at Your Door) für USD 37.500,00 (€ 29.928,17) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 20.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Mahmoud Hammad mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Lika'a Bnafasaji Asrak bi Khamsat Awkat (Rythme bleu - mauve en 5 temps) beobachtet, die im Oktober 2014 für USD 118.750,00 (€ 94.772,55) versteigert wurde.
Mahmoud Hammad - Auction history
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