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Auction date : 28 Oct 2025
Sotheby's London presents an exceptional selection of prominent works by coveted artists from the Arab world, North Africa, Iran, and Türkiye.
This tightly curated sale celebrates the breadth and depth of art from the region with a wide representation of countries, mediums, and subjects from the modern to contemporary period.
Highlights of the sale include three decades of paintings by Paul Guiragossian, important works by Egyptian masters Inji Efflatoun, Omar El-Nagdi, and Seif and Adham Wanly, as well as two early and formative paintings by Turkish master Fahrelnissa Zeid. Further features include pioneering Iranian artists Bahman Mohassess, Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi, Sohrab Sepehri, and Parviz Tanavoli, including two works by the latter donated by the artist to benefit the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, Vancouver.
Representing the contemporary generation are artists Hassan Meer, Faisal Samra, Hassan Hajjaj, Mahi Binebine, and Najat Makki.
Artworks by Iranians
chalk pastel on paper
acrylic on canvas
bronze
bronze
watercolor and gouache on paper
gouache on paper
oil and sand on canvas
oil, metallic pigment and photo collage on coated paper
pencil and colored pen on paper with metallic overlays
Passed
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Passed
oil, acrylic and glitter on canvas
Passed
pencil on paper
pencil on paper
pencil on paper
mixed materials on canvas
Passed
lambda print on photographic paper
Passed
Lot 74
1962pastel and gouache on paper
Passed
Previous Highlights
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Shoja Azari 25 Mar 20252010 | Interrupted 1
102 × 152.5 cm chromogenic printLot:10 Estimate:1,000 - 2,000£
