- Page Title
- Modern & Contemporary Middle East | 2024 | Sotheby's
- Brand
- sothebys.com
- Type
- Other
- First Seen
- 10/7/2024
- Last Seen
- 10/10/2024
- Domain
- sothebys.com
- URL
- https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/modern-contemporary-middle-east-2?cmp=pso7000203023
- Description
- We are pleased to present our Modern and Contemporary Middle East auction which offers a curated selection of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, works on paper and a tapestry from the region’s most celebrated artists. Notable highlights include a monumental figure by the reclusive Iranian artist Bahman Mohassess; a tapestry designed by Simone Baltaxe and woven in Lebanon; a leporello by artist/poet Etel Adnan; two large scale paintings by Aref El Rayess and a sculpture by Mona Saudi which was published in 1981. An important part of the sale features a small selection of highlights from this summer’s Khamseen exhibition, showcasing some of the most renowned Saudi Arabian pioneers, notably Mohammed Al Saleem, Abdulhalim Radwi, Abdullah Al Shaikh and Saud Al Qahtani. The sale celebrates the breadth and depth of Middle Eastern, Iranian, Turkish and North African art with a wide representation of countries, mediums and subjects.Banner:Simone Baltaxé (1925–2009)Paix (Peace)Executed in 1978.Estimate £50,000–70,000For assistance with bidding and registration, please contact:Bids.london@sothebys.com(+44) 207 293 5283 (bids general line)For sale enquiries please contact:Alexandra Yasmina RoyDirectorHead of Modern Contemporary Middle EastLondon+44 20 7293 5507ALEXANDRA.ROY@SOTHEBYS.COMAshkan BaghestaniSenior Vice PresidentContemporary Art and Middle East / New YorkNew York+44 207 293 5154ASHKAN.BAGHESTANI@SOTHEBYS.COMKatia Nounou BoueizDeputy ChairmanHead of Sotheby’s UAEDubaiKATIA.NOUNOU@SOTHEBYS.COMYasmeen GailaniDeputy DirectorClient Liaison MENADubai+971 509 394 576YASMEEN.GAILANI@SOTHEBYS.COMElika BlakeCataloguerLondon+44 20 7293 5467ELIKA.BLAKE@SOTHEBYS.COM Dominique BourassaPre-Sale Coordinator+44 20 7293 6609DOMINIQUE.BOURASSA@SOTHEBYS.COM
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