Manoucher Yektai
Newspaper and Brushes
Found at
Bonhams,
London
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art including On The Banks of the NileA Journey Through Egyptian Art, Lot 50
24. May - 24. May 2022
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art including On The Banks of the NileA Journey Through Egyptian Art, Lot 50
24. May - 24. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Manoucher Yektai (Iran, born 1922)
Newspaper and Brushes
oil on canvas, framed
signed "Yektai" and dated "56" (lower middle), executed in 1956
128 x 136cm (50 3/8 x 53 9/16in).
Property from a private collection, Los Angeles | Acquired from Poindexter Gallery, New York City, 1957
Newspaper and Brushes
oil on canvas, framed
signed "Yektai" and dated "56" (lower middle), executed in 1956
128 x 136cm (50 3/8 x 53 9/16in).
Property from a private collection, Los Angeles | Acquired from Poindexter Gallery, New York City, 1957
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by Manoucher Yektai achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in May last year. In the Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art including On The Banks of the NileA Journey Through Egyptian Art auction, the work Newspaper and Brushes sold for GBP 120,000.00 (€ 141,168.58) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 60,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Manoucher Yektai; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Still Life sold at auction in May this year with the realized price of GBP 165,500.00 (€ 192,560.35).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Manoucher Yektai erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art including On The Banks of the NileA Journey Through Egyptian Art wurde die Arbeit Newspaper and Brushes für GBP 120.000,00 (€ 141.168,58) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 60.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Manoucher Yektai; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Still Life im Mai diesen Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 165.500,00 (€ 192.560,35).
Manoucher Yektai - Auction history
