Mona Saudi

Jordanian lovers 

Found at Sothebys, London
20th Century Art / Middle East, Lot 338
20. Apr - 20. Apr 2016
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 GBP
Price realised: 60.000 GBP
Mona Saudi
B. 1945
JORDANIANLOVERS 
signed and dated Muna. S 63'
oil on panel
89 by 55.8cm.; 35 by 22in.
Café de la Press Gallery, Beirut  | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1963

A top price for Mona Saudi

When the work Jordanian lovers  by Mona Saudi was auctioned at Sothebys in London in April 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 18,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 60,000.00 (€ 76,697.84). This high result makes Jordanian lovers  the most expensive artwork by Mona Saudi that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Mona Saudi

Als die Arbeit Jordanian lovers  von Mona Saudi im April 2016 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 18.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 60.000,00 (€ 76.697,84) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Jordanian lovers  zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Mona Saudi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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