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Lot 29: Ahmed Alsoudani (b.1975)

Est: £250,000 GBP - £350,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomFebruary 14, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Ahmed Alsoudani (b.1975)
Baghdad II
each: signed, signed in Arabic and dated twice 'Soudani 08' (on the reverse)
acrylic and charcoal gesso on canvas, in two parts
each: 98 3/8 x 74 7/8in. (250 x 190cm.)
overall: 98 3/8 x 149 5/8in. (250 x 380cm.)
Executed in 2008

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

London, Saatchi Gallery, Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East, 2009, no. 20 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
New York, Goff + Rosenthal, Ahmed Alsoudani, 2009.
Lille, Lille 3000 Tri Postal, Saatchi Gallery London in Lille, The Silk Road, 2010-2011 (illustrated in colour, p. 66).

Literature

R. Goff and C. Rosenthal, Ahmed Alsoudani, London 2009, p. 42 (illustrated in colour, pp. 38-39, detail illustrated in colour, pp. 40-41).

Provenance

Goff + Rosenthal, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.

Notes

Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite").If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
VAT rate of 20% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium
Ahmed Alsoudani (b.1975)
Baghdad II
each: signed, signed in Arabic and dated twice 'Soudani 08' (on the reverse)
acrylic and charcoal gesso on canvas, in two parts
each: 98 3/8 x 74 7/8in. (250 x 190cm.)
overall: 98 3/8 x 149 5/8in. (250 x 380cm.)
Executed in 2008

Auction Details

Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction

by
Christie's
February 14, 2012, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK