A look at the 15 works sold at the Bonhams Middle East 2023 auction
At the time of writing, 15 of the 54 works have been sold and the total sale of this auction reached £26,176.
At the time of writing, 15 of the 54 works have been sold and the total sale of this auction reached £26,176.
There are more live artists nowadays whose prices are skyrocketing, including well-known ones like Gerhard Richter, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, etc. Chinese painters have allegedly taken the lead from other artists from this perspective. It only takes a cursory glance at the price lists of European and American galleries to realise that many worldwide artists between the ages of 30 and 40 are selling their creations for crazy amounts of money.
Bonhams' Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Sale Online started on September 4 in London, New Bond Street and continues until September 11.
It is uncommon for a Middle Eastern artist to exhibit seven works in various auctions over the course of seven months with 100% of his works selling, but Sadegh Tabrizi, an Iranian artist and one of the pioneers of Middle Eastern art, has accomplished this in recent months.
The 17th edition of the Tehran Auction setting a remarkable record with the sale of 100 art pieces worth more than 2.11 trillion rials (nearly $4.35 million).
On the night when the painting "Sitting Figure" by Omar El-Nagdi, the late Egyptian artist, broke the sales record, "Lovers" by Sadegh Tabrizi and five great masters of Iranian art were also sold.
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