Dia al-Azzawi
Coloured Letters
Found at
Christies,
London
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, Part I, Lot 23
2. Nov - 2. Nov 2022
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, Part I, Lot 23
2. Nov - 2. Nov 2022
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 GBP
Price realised: 88.200 GBP
Price realised: 88.200 GBP
Description
Dia al-Azzawi (Iraqi, b. 1939)
Coloured Letters
signed and dated in Arabic (lower left); signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated in Arabic and English 'Coloured Letters, Dhia Al-Azzawi, 170, Baghdad, No 18' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
35 3/8 x 31 1/2in. (90 x 80cm.)
Painted in 1970
Coloured Letters
signed and dated in Arabic (lower left); signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated in Arabic and English 'Coloured Letters, Dhia Al-Azzawi, 170, Baghdad, No 18' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
35 3/8 x 31 1/2in. (90 x 80cm.)
Painted in 1970
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Dia Al-Azzawi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November last year. In the Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, Part I auction, the work Coloured Letters sold for GBP 88,200.00 (€ 102,203.66) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 40,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Dia Al-Azzawi - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Arsak Mowt (Your Wedding is Death), which sold at auction in October 2016 for USD 235,500.00 (€ 214,833.06).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Dia Al-Azzawi erzielte im November letzten Jahres bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, Part I wurde die Arbeit Coloured Letters für GBP 88.200,00 (€ 102.203,66) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 40.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Dia Al-Azzawi mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Arsak Mowt (Your Wedding is Death) beobachtet, die im Oktober 2016 für USD 235.500,00 (€ 214.833,06) versteigert wurde.
Dia Al-Azzawi - Auction history
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