Osman Hamdy Bey
Koranic Instruction
Estimate: 3.000.000 - 5.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.640.100 GBP
Price realised: 4.640.100 GBP
Description
OSMAN HAMDY BEY
Ottoman, 1842 - 1910
KORANIC INSTRUCTION
signed and dated Hamdy Bey 1890 lower left
oil on canvas
80 by 60cm., 31½ by 23½in.
We are grateful to Dr. Edhem Eldem for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
Private collection | Sale: Van Ham, Cologne, 24 March 1982, lot 1706 | Berko Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (purchased at the above sale) | Purchased from the above
Ottoman, 1842 - 1910
KORANIC INSTRUCTION
signed and dated Hamdy Bey 1890 lower left
oil on canvas
80 by 60cm., 31½ by 23½in.
We are grateful to Dr. Edhem Eldem for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
Private collection | Sale: Van Ham, Cologne, 24 March 1982, lot 1706 | Berko Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (purchased at the above sale) | Purchased from the above
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Koranic Instruction by Osman Hamdi Bey was sold in the Important Works from the Najd Collection auction at Sothebys in London in October 2019. It changed hands for a price of GBP 4,640,100.00 (€ 5,382,183.23) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 3,000,000.00 – 5,000,000.00. Other works by Osman Hamdi Bey have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in September 2019 the work Young Woman Reading was auctioned for GBP 6,690,362.00 (€ 7,549,280.55).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Koranic Instruction von Osman Hamdi Bey wurde im Oktober 2019 in der Auktion Important Works from the Najd Collection bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 4.640.100,00 (€ 5.382.183,23) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 3.000.000,00 – 5.000.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Osman Hamdi Bey konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im September 2019 die Arbeit Young Woman Reading für GBP 6.690.362,00 (€ 7.549.280,55) versteigert.
Osman Hamdi Bey - Auction history
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