Sara Shamma
Fighting Hunger
Found at
Christies,
Dubai
Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II, Lot 186
18. Apr - 18. Apr 2012
Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II, Lot 186
18. Apr - 18. Apr 2012
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Description
Sara Shamma (Syrian, b. 1975)
Fighting Hunger
signed and dated 'Sara Shamma 2011' (lower centre); signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Fighting Hunger Sara Shamma February 2011 Damascus' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
78¾ x 98 3/8in. (200 x 250cm.)
Painted in 2011
Fighting Hunger
signed and dated 'Sara Shamma 2011' (lower centre); signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Fighting Hunger Sara Shamma February 2011 Damascus' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
78¾ x 98 3/8in. (200 x 250cm.)
Painted in 2011
Auction result well in line with expectations
In April 2012 Christies in Dubai held the auction Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II, which included the work Fighting Hunger by Sara Shamma. It changed hands for a price of USD 18,750.00 (€ 14,173.41) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 15,000.00 – 20,000.00. Other works by Sara Shamma have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in October 2019 the work Self Portrait was auctioned for GBP 15,000.00 (€ 17,398.92).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im April 2012 führte Christies in Dubai die Auktion Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II durch, in der auch die Arbeit Fighting Hunger von Sara Shamma zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 18.750,00 (€ 14.173,41) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 15.000,00 – 20.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Sara Shamma konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Oktober 2019 die Arbeit Self Portrait für GBP 15.000,00 (€ 17.398,92) versteigert.
Sara Shamma - Auction history
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