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Christie's Auctions in London: Record Breaking Results for Iranian Art Expected

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.

Christie's auction
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