Nazir Nabaa
Mother & Child
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 48.640 GBP
Price realised: 48.640 GBP
Description
Nazir Nabaa (Syria, 1938-2016)
Mother & Child
oil on canvas
signed "Nazir Nabaa" and dated "68" in Arabic (lower right), executed in 1968
101 x 76cm (39 3/4 x 29 15/16in).
Property from a private collection, Baku | Formerly in the collection of a staff member of prominent Azerbaijani poet and former Deputy Culture Minister, Nabi Khazri
Mother & Child
oil on canvas
signed "Nazir Nabaa" and dated "68" in Arabic (lower right), executed in 1968
101 x 76cm (39 3/4 x 29 15/16in).
Property from a private collection, Baku | Formerly in the collection of a staff member of prominent Azerbaijani poet and former Deputy Culture Minister, Nabi Khazri
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
When the work Mother & Child by Nazir Nabaa was auctioned at Bonhams in London in November this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 8,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at GBP 48,640.00 (€ 56,363.18). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Nazir Nabaa; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Untitled (Three Ladies) sold at auction in March 2017 with the realized price of USD 87,500.00 (€ 81,790.99).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Mother & Child von Nazir Nabaa im November diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 8.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 48.640,00 (€ 56.363,18) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Nazir Nabaa; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Untitled (Three Ladies) im März 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 87.500,00 (€ 81.790,99).
Nazir Nabaa - Auction history
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