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Auction date : 27 Apr 2023
Sotheby’s upcoming 20th Century Art / Middle East online-only sale brings together a tightly curated selection of 66 artworks encompassing the creative spirit of artists from North Africa, Turkey, Iran and the Middle East. The sale is led by an important painting by Aref El Rayess from his iconic desert series produced when he was living in Jeddah. Further highlights include rare works by Marcos Gregorian, Huguette Caland, Manoucher Yektai, Paul Guiragossian and Juliana Seraphim. A portion of the sale is composed of various abstract works by artists such as Mohammed Melehi, Douglas Abdell, Sohrab Sepehri, Shakir Hassan, Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam and Nadia Saikali amongst others. A series of prints focusing on the Yemeni Sailors who settled in South Shields from a project between Bridge + Tunnel productions and Youssef Nabil which explores their legacy.
Artworks by Iranians
watercolour and oil on paper
watercolour on paper, laid down on mount
oil on canvas
mixed materials
mixed technique on paper
Passed
watercolour on paper laid down on canvas
oil on canvas
watercolor on paper laid down on matboard
watercolor on paper
ink and gouache on paper
Lot 44
1962pastel and gouache on paper
Passed
Lot 45
Untitledpastel, gouache and acrylic on paper
Passed
Lot 46
Untitledpastel, gouache and acrylic on paper
embroidery on canvas
mixed materials on canvas
Previous Highlights
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Mostafa Sarabi 20 Dec 20222019 | Untitled
115 × 82 cm oil on matboardLot:1149 Estimate:2,000 - 3,000$ Hammer price:8,500$
