Christie's Auctions in London: Record Breaking Results for Iranian Art Expected
TEHRAN – (Iranart) - Iranian artworks at the Christie’s sales of Middle Eastern, Modern and Contemporary Art are expected to break record once again by fetching high prices this season.
On October 24, the modern and contemporary art sale, which is held in London for a second time, is expected to sell 96 pieces from 11 Middle Eastern countries. Of this 23 Iranian pieces are expected to fetch high prices during the event accounted for one-fourth of the total sale again.
According to the auction website, three pieces by Mohammed are expected to get the highest bids in the Iranian lots. Other top pieces are from Lebanon (13 pieces), Syria (20 pieces) and Egypt (17 pieces).
Pieces from Iraq, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Palestine, and Morocco are also up for grabs.
The highest lots in the auction:
Painting by Egyptian artist Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar
Hammer Price: $460,000-580,000
Two Sculptures by Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli
Hammer Price: $160,000-230,000 & $33,000-45,000
Artwork by Iranian artist Monir Farmanfarmian
Hammer Price: $160,000-200,000
Three Artworks by Iranian artist Mohammad Ehsai
Hammer Price: $110,000-150,000 & $78,000-100,000 & $78,000-100,000
Painting by Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri
Hammer Price: $110,000-150,000
Painting by Iranian artist Hossein Zenderoudi
Hammer Price: $110,000-150,000
Painting by Iranian artist Kamran Yousefzadeh
Hammer Price: $91,000-130,000
Painting by Iranian artist Sohrab Sepehri
Hammer Price: $78,000-100,000
Two Artworks by Iranian artist Nasrollah Afjei
Hammer Price: $78,000-100,000 & $29,000-36,000
Painting by Iranian artist Reza Derakshani
Hammer Price: $65,000-90,000
Two Paintings by Iranian artist Manoucher Yektai
Hammer Price: $52,000-77,000 & $20,000-26,000
Artworks by Iranian artist Kourosh Shishegaran
Hammer Price: $46,000-65,000
Artwork by Iranian artist Shirin Neshat
Hammer Price: $33,000-51,000
Painting by Iranian artist Marcos Grigorian
Hammer Price: $26,000-32,000
Painting by Iranian artist Sonia Balassanian
Hammer Price: $20,000-26,000
Artwork by Iranian artist Rokni Haerizadeh
Hammer Price: $16,000-23,000
Artwork by Iranian artist Afshin Pirhashemi
Hammer Price: $16,000-23,000
Statue by Iranian artist Bahman Dadkhah
Hammer Price: $13,000-19,000
There will be an exhibition on the sidelines of the main event in London.