Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art

Dubai –Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Sale no: 7933– Top Ten
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

Sold: $7,980,875 AED29,305,773

Lots Sold: 100 Lots Offered: 118 Sold by Lot: 85% Sold by $: 87%
Exchange Rate $ = AED3.672

Purchase
Lot Description Estimate ($)
Price Buyer
Abdulnasser Gharem (Saudi Arabian), The Message /
Messenger, 2010 $842,500
60 70,000-100,000 Private
WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AED3,093,660
AUCTION
Abdul Hadi El-Gazzar (Egyptian), Fishing, 1957
$746,500
8 WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT 250,000 - 350,000 Anonymous
AED2,741,148
AUCTION
Jewad Selim (Iraqi), Standing Figure (Girl), 1941
$662,500
32 WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT 80,000 - 120,000 Anonymous
AED2,432,700
AUCTION
$458,500
24 Mohammed Ehsai (Iranian), Eshgh ('Love'), 2006 180,000 - 240,000 Private
AED1,683,612

Farhad Moshiri (Iranian), 8N619VT, 2005 $338,500

46 180,000 - 240,000 Private
AED1,242,972

Farhad Moshiri (Iranian), Choc Line (from the Sweet $230,500

45 200,000 - 300,000 Private
Dreams series), 2008 AED846,396
Nasrollah Afjehei (Iranian), Wave, 2008
$218,500
28 WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT 100,000 - 150,000 Private
AED802,332
AUCTION
Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanese), Let A Thousand Flowers
Bloom, 2011 $206,500
36 50,000 - 70,000 Anonymous
WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AED758,268
AUCTION
Ahmed Moustafa (Egyptian), The Ship, 2000 $194,500
23 150,000 - 200,000 Private
AED714,204

Fateh Moudarres (Syrian), The Beast Exit, 1977 $188,500

5 120,000 - 150,000 Private
AED692,172

Comment:
See press release
Press Contact: Alexandra Kindermann +44 207 389 2289
Next Sale Date: The next sale in Dubai will be held in October 2011.