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Lot 37: Ahmed Alsoudani (b. 1975)

Est: £250,000 GBP - £350,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 14, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Ahmed Alsoudani (b. 1975)
Baghdad I
each: signed, signed in Arabic and dated twice 'Soudani 08' (on the reverse)
acrylic and charcoal gesso on canvas, in two parts
each: 82 7/8 x 72in. (210.5 x 182.9cm.)
overall: 82 7/8 x 144in. (210.5 x 365.8cm.)
Executed in 2008

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

London, Saatchi Gallery, Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East, 2009, no. 19 (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, pp. 68-69).

Literature

R. Goff and C. Rosenthal, Ahmed Alsoudani, London 2009 (illustrated on the cover, and in colour, pp. 22-23, detail illustrated in colour, pp. 1-4, 6 and 21, 24-25).
E. Booth-Clibborn (ed.), The History of the Saatchi Gallery, London, 2011 (illustrated in colour, pp. 746-747).

Provenance

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

Notes

VAT rate of 20% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium
Ahmed Alsoudani (b. 1975)
Baghdad I
each: signed, signed in Arabic and dated twice 'Soudani 08' (on the reverse)
acrylic and charcoal gesso on canvas, in two parts
each: 82 7/8 x 72in. (210.5 x 182.9cm.)
overall: 82 7/8 x 144in. (210.5 x 365.8cm.)
Executed in 2008

Auction Details

Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction

by
Christie's
October 14, 2011, 12:00 AM GMT

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