Suad Al Attar
Girl with the Dove and Watermelon
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 12.800 GBP
Price realised: 12.800 GBP
Description
Suad Al Attar (Iraq, born 1942)
Girl with the Dove and Watermelon
oil on panel, framed
signed "Suad Al Attar" and dated "91" (lower right) in Arabic and English, executed in 1991
13 x 18cm (5 1/8 x 7 1/16in).
Property from a private collection, London | Acquired directly from the Artist by the above.
Girl with the Dove and Watermelon
oil on panel, framed
signed "Suad Al Attar" and dated "91" (lower right) in Arabic and English, executed in 1991
13 x 18cm (5 1/8 x 7 1/16in).
Property from a private collection, London | Acquired directly from the Artist by the above.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Suad Al Attar achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in May this year. In the Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art auction, the work Girl with the Dove and Watermelon sold for GBP 12,800.00 (€ 14,892.89) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. Admittedly, works by Suad Al Attar have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Sunset on Salam City in May this year with an auction result of GBP 70,250.00 (€ 81,736.34).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Suad Al Attar erzielte im Mai diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art wurde die Arbeit Girl with the Dove and Watermelon für GBP 12.800,00 (€ 14.892,89) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Suad Al Attar auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Sunset on Salam City im Mai diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 70.250,00 (€ 81.736,34).
Suad Al Attar - Auction history
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