Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art

Sale 7665 / Lot 76

Parviz Tanavoli (Iranian, b. 1937)

The Wall (Oh, Persepolis)

30 April 2008

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 2,841,000 

World auction record for the artist
World auction record for a sculpture by an Iranian artist
World auction record for a work of art by any Middle Eastern artist

Sale 8064 / Lot 14

Fahr El-Nissa Zeid (Turkish/Jordanian, 1900-1991)

Break of the Atom and Vegetal Life

29 October 2013

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 2,741,000 

World record price for the artist at auction
World record price for any Arab or Iranian painting sold at auction

Sale 7895 / Lot 11

Mahmoud Said (Egyptian, 1897-1964)

The Whirling Dervishes

26 October 2010

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 2,546,500 

World record price for the artist at auction

Sale 7665 / Lot 59

Charles Hossein Zenderoudi (Iranian, b. 1937)

Tchaar-Bagh

30 April 2008

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 1,609,000 

World auction record for the artist
World auction record for a painting by an Iranian artist

Sale 7665 / Lot 100

Mohammed Ehsai (Iranian, b. 1940)

He Is The Merciful

30 April 2008

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 1,161,000 

World auction record for the artist

Sale 1241 / Lot 5

Omar El-Nagdi (Egyptian, b. 1931)

Sarajevo

16 March 2016

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 1,145,000 

World record price for the artist at auction

Sale 1230 / Lot 24

Abdul Hadi El-Gazzar (Egyptian, 1925-1965)

Construction of the Suez Canal

19 March 2014

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 1,023,750 

World record price for the artist at auction
World record price for a work on paper by a Middle Eastern artist

Sale 8061 / Lot 19

Farhad Moshiri (Iranian, b. 1963)

Secret Garden

16 April 2013

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 987,750 

Sale 8064 / Lot 12

Paul Guiragossian (Lebanese, 1926-1993)

La Lutte de l'Existence

29 October 2013

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 605,000 

World record price for the artist at auction

Sale 1244 / Lot 52

Shafic Abboud (Lebanese, 1926-2004)

Les années de l'oiseau

18 October 2016

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 391,500 

World record price for the artist at auction

Sale 1230 / Lot 184

Ali Banisadr (Iranian, b. 1976)

Black 3

19 March 2014

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 339,750 

Sale 1244 / Lot 33

Dia Al-Azzawi (Iraqi, b. 1939)

Arsak Mowt (Your Wedding is Death)

18 October 2016

Dubai

Price realised:

USD 235,500 

World record price for the artist at auction