Tahia Halim
Oghniya Li Al Nil (A Song for the Nile)
Found at
Christies,
Dubai
Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian & Turkish Art, Lot 31
21. Oct - 21. Oct 2014
Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian & Turkish Art, Lot 31
21. Oct - 21. Oct 2014
Estimate: 25.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 106.250 USD
Price realised: 106.250 USD
Description
Tahia Halim (Egyptian, 1919-2003)
Oghniya Li Al Nil (A Song for the Nile)
signed 'T. Halim' (lower left); signed 'T. Halim' (on the reverse); signed, titled and inscribed in Arabic, signed 'Tahia Halim' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
39 3/8 x 27¼in. (100 x 69cm.)
Painted circa early 1970s
Oghniya Li Al Nil (A Song for the Nile)
signed 'T. Halim' (lower left); signed 'T. Halim' (on the reverse); signed, titled and inscribed in Arabic, signed 'Tahia Halim' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
39 3/8 x 27¼in. (100 x 69cm.)
Painted circa early 1970s
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Oghniya Li Al Nil (A Song for the Nile) by Tahia Halim was auctioned at Christies in Dubai in October 2014, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 30,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 106,250.00 (€ 84,796.49). Admittedly, works by Tahia Halim have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Farhat Al Nuba (The Happiness of Nubia) in March 2015 with an auction result of USD 749,000.00 (€ 697,328.00).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Oghniya Li Al Nil (A Song for the Nile) von Tahia Halim im Oktober 2014 bei Christies in Dubai versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 30.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 106.250,00 (€ 84.796,49) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Tahia Halim auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Farhat Al Nuba (The Happiness of Nubia) im März 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 749.000,00 (€ 697.328,00).
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