Fouad Kamel
Egyptianthe Green Face
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 37.500 GBP
Price realised: 37.500 GBP
Description
Fouad Kamel
1919-1973
EGYPTIANTHE GREEN FACE
signed and dated Fouad Kamel '56
pastel and pencil on paper laid on board
59.5 by 38cm.; 23 1/2 by 15in.
Collection of the Artist, Cairo | Private Collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist in 1969)
1919-1973
EGYPTIANTHE GREEN FACE
signed and dated Fouad Kamel '56
pastel and pencil on paper laid on board
59.5 by 38cm.; 23 1/2 by 15in.
Collection of the Artist, Cairo | Private Collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist in 1969)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Fouad Kamel achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in October 2018. In the 20th Century Art / Middle East auction, the work Egyptianthe Green Face sold for GBP 37,500.00 (€ 42,288.43) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 20,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Fouad Kamel - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Egyptian untitled (The Drinker), which sold at auction in April 2017 for GBP 93,750.00 (€ 111,329.74).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Fouad Kamel erzielte im Oktober 2018 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th Century Art / Middle East wurde die Arbeit Egyptianthe Green Face für GBP 37.500,00 (€ 42.288,43) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Fouad Kamel mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Egyptian untitled (The Drinker) beobachtet, die im April 2017 für GBP 93.750,00 (€ 111.329,74) versteigert wurde.
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