Rafa Al Nasiri

Adaa ela Baghdad (Prayers for Baghdad)

Found at Christies, Dubai
Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art, Lot 36
18. Mar - 18. Mar 2015
Estimate: 18.000 - 22.000 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
signed and dated 'Nasiri 1984' (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
31 5/8 x 39 3/8in. (80.5 x 100cm.)
Painted in 1984
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

A top price for Rafa al-Nasiri - as previously expected

In March 2015 Christies in Dubai held the auction Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art, which included the work Adaa ela Baghdad (Prayers for Baghdad) by Rafa al-Nasiri. It changed hands for a price of USD 21,250.00 (€ 19,784.01) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 18,000.00 – 22,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Adaa ela Baghdad (Prayers for Baghdad) is the most expensive artwork by Rafa al-Nasiri that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Im März 2015 führte Christies in Dubai die Auktion Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Adaa ela Baghdad (Prayers for Baghdad) von Rafa al-Nasiri zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 21.250,00 (€ 19.784,01) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 18.000,00 – 22.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Adaa ela Baghdad (Prayers for Baghdad) das teuerste Kunstwerk von Rafa al-Nasiri, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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