Marguerite Nakhla
Untitled
Found at
Christies,
Dubai
Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art, Lot 91
18. Mar - 18. Mar 2015
Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art, Lot 91
18. Mar - 18. Mar 2015
Estimate: 25.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 56.250 USD
Price realised: 56.250 USD
Description
signed and inscribed 'm nakhla cairo' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 27½in. (50 x 70cm.)
Painted circa 1940s
Private Collection, Alexandria. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in the late 1990s.
oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 27½in. (50 x 70cm.)
Painted circa 1940s
Private Collection, Alexandria. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in the late 1990s.
A top price for Marguerite Nakhla
This artwork by Marguerite Nakhla achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Dubai in March 2015. In the Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art auction, the work without title sold for USD 56,250.00 (€ 52,369.43) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. This high result makes the work without title the most expensive artwork by Marguerite Nakhla that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Marguerite Nakhla
Dieses Kunstwerk von Marguerite Nakhla erzielte im März 2015 bei Christies in Dubai einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für USD 56.250,00 (€ 52.369,43) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht das Werk ohne Titel zum teuersten Kunstwerk von Marguerite Nakhla, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Marguerite Nakhla - Auction history
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