Mahmoud Mokhtar

Egyptian Au Bord Du Nil (On The Banks Of The Nile)

Found at Sothebys, London
The Orientalist Sale, Lot 39
8. Apr - 8. Apr 2014
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 GBP
Price realised: 458.500 GBP
Mahmoud Mokhtar
1891-1934
EGYPTIANAU BORD DU NIL (ON THE BANKS OF THE NILE)
signed: MOUKTAR, inscribed: Susse F res Ed ts Paris and cire perdue, with the SUSSE FRERES EDITEURS pastille, stamped: BRONZE and numbered: 3
bronze, dark brown patina
62cm., 24 3/8 in.
Private collection, Bielefeld, Germany (purchased directly from Susse Frères, Paris, between 1923 and 1932); | thence by descent to the present owner

Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price

When the work Egyptian Au Bord Du Nil (On The Banks Of The Nile) by Mahmoud Mokhtar was auctioned at Sothebys in London in April 2014, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 70,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at GBP 458,500.00 (€ 558,100.61). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Mahmoud Mokhtar; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Egyptian au Bord Du Nil (Ala Shat Elnil / On The Banks Of The Nile) sold at auction in April 2016 with the realized price of GBP 725,000.00 (€ 926,765.58).

Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Egyptian Au Bord Du Nil (On The Banks Of The Nile) von Mahmoud Mokhtar im April 2014 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 458.500,00 (€ 558.100,61) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Mahmoud Mokhtar; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Egyptian au Bord Du Nil (Ala Shat Elnil / On The Banks Of The Nile) im April 2016 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 725.000,00 (€ 926.765,58).

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