Tahia Halim
Untitled (The Lute Player)
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 50.000 GBP
Description
signed and dated ‘T.Halim 1975’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
44 x 29 in. (111 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1975
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner’s mother in Cairo in the 1970s, and thence by descent.
oil on canvas
44 x 29 in. (111 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1975
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner’s mother in Cairo in the 1970s, and thence by descent.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Untitled (The Lute Player) by Tahia Halim was sold in the Middle Eastern, Modern and Contemporary Art auction at Christies in London in October 2017. The price achieved of GBP 50,000.00 (€ 57,009.79) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 40,000.00 – 60,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Tahia Halim achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Untitled (The Lute Player) von Tahia Halim wurde im Oktober 2017 in der Auktion Middle Eastern, Modern and Contemporary Art bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 50.000,00 (€ 57.009,79) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Tahia Halim erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Farhat Al Nuba (The Happiness of Nubia) im März 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 749.000,00 (€ 697.328,00).
Tahia Halim - Auction history
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