Mohammed El-Rawas
An Outing On Wheels
Found at
Christies,
Dubai
Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II, Lot 143
24. Oct - 24. Oct 2012
Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II, Lot 143
24. Oct - 24. Oct 2012
Estimate: 35.000 - 40.000 USD
Price realised: 62.500 USD
Price realised: 62.500 USD
Description
Mohammed El-Rawas (Lebanese, B. 1951)
An Outing on Wheels
signed and dated 'M.ElRawas 09' (lower right)
oil, acrylic, encaustic, mixed media and assemblage on plywood panel
38¾ x 38¾in. (98.5 x 98.5cm.)
Executed in 2009
An Outing on Wheels
signed and dated 'M.ElRawas 09' (lower right)
oil, acrylic, encaustic, mixed media and assemblage on plywood panel
38¾ x 38¾in. (98.5 x 98.5cm.)
Executed in 2009
Upper estimate price exceeded by 56 %.
The work An Outing On Wheels by Mohammad Rawas was sold in the Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II auction at Christies in Dubai in October 2012. It achieved a price of USD 62,500.00 (€ 48,232.75), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 56%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Mohammad Rawas; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Revisiting Picasso's Guernica sold at auction in October 2014 with the realized price of USD 81,250.00 (€ 64,844.37).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 56 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit An Outing On Wheels von Mohammad Rawas wurde im Oktober 2012 in der Auktion Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II bei Christies in Dubai versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 62.500,00 (€ 48.232,75) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 56%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Mohammad Rawas; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Revisiting Picasso's Guernica im Oktober 2014 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 81.250,00 (€ 64.844,37).
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