Mounir Fatmi
The Machinery
Found at
Christies,
Dubai
Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish ArtPart I, Lot 29
25. Oct - 25. Oct 2011
Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish ArtPart I, Lot 29
25. Oct - 25. Oct 2011
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Mounir Fatmi (Moroccan, b. 1970)
The Machinery
signed and dated (on the reverse)
30 hand-painted steel saw blades
variable dimensions; the largest blade: 5 1/8in. (13cm.) diameter; the smallest blade: 23 5/8in.(60cm.) diameter
Executed in 2010; this work is from a serie of 5 unique installations all hand-made and conceived in 2009.
The Machinery
signed and dated (on the reverse)
30 hand-painted steel saw blades
variable dimensions; the largest blade: 5 1/8in. (13cm.) diameter; the smallest blade: 23 5/8in.(60cm.) diameter
Executed in 2010; this work is from a serie of 5 unique installations all hand-made and conceived in 2009.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Machinery by Mounir Fatmi was sold in the Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish ArtPart I auction at Christies in Dubai in October 2011. The price achieved of USD 92,500.00 (€ 66,322.51) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 80,000.00 – 120,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Mounir Fatmi - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Sonia Sonia Sonia, which sold at auction in April 2013 for USD 233,000.00 (€ 176,944.11).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Machinery von Mounir Fatmi wurde im Oktober 2011 in der Auktion Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish ArtPart I bei Christies in Dubai versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 92.500,00 (€ 66.322,51) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 80.000,00 – 120.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Mounir Fatmi mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Sonia Sonia Sonia beobachtet, die im April 2013 für USD 233.000,00 (€ 176.944,11) versteigert wurde.
Mounir Fatmi - Auction history
