Samia Halaby (Palestinian, b. 1936)

No. 224

Price realised GBP 189,000
Estimate
GBP 80,000 – GBP 120,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Samia Halaby (Palestinian, b. 1936)

No. 224

Price realised GBP 189,000
Price realised GBP 189,000
Details
Samia Halaby (Palestinian, b. 1936)
No. 224
signed, titled and dated 'SAMIA A.HALABY 1969 No 224' (on the overlap); signed, titled and dated again 'No 224 JAN,FEB 1969 S.Halaby' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 48in. (122 x 122cm.)
Painted in 1969
Provenance
Private Collection (by whom acquired directly from the artist in the 1970s).
Thence by descent.
Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 25 April 2017, lot 46.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Ayyam Gallery (ed.), Samia Halaby: Five Decades of Painting and Innovation, Damascus 2010 (illustrated in colour, p. 52).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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