MIDDLE EASTERN MIDDLE LONDON 23 OCTOBER 2019 OCTOBER 23 LONDON MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART CONTEMPORARY & MODERN LONDON MIDDLE EASTERN MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART 23 OCTOBER 2019 17275 8 KING STREET ST. JAMES’S LONDON SW1Y 6QT SW1Y LONDON JAMES’S ST. STREET KING 8 MIDDLE EASTERN MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2019 Properties from: AUCTION Estate of Hamed Abdalla Property from the Estate of the Late Middle Eastern Modern & Contemporary Art Dr. Mohamed Fakhry Abdullah Mekkawi, Cairo Wednesday 23 October 2019 Property from the Private Collection of the Mrs Moyasser Shammout at 7pm (lots 1-114) Estate of Samir Rafi The Aref El Rayess Foundation, Aley 8 King Street The Private Collection of Mr Yahya St. James’s London SW1Y 6QT Solayem, Director of Bouchehri Gallery, Kuwait Property from the Private Collection of Dr. Hamdi Touqmatchi, UK VIEWING Saturday 19 October 12pm - 5pm Sunday 20 October 12pm - 5pm Monday 21 October 9am - 4.30pm Tuesday 22 October 9am - 4.30pm Wednesday 23 October 9am - 3pm AUCTIONEER Arlene Blankers AUCTION CODE AND NUMBER CONDITIONS OF SALE In sending absentee bids or making This auction is subject to enquiries, this sale should be referred Important Notices, to as ALEXANDER 17275 Conditions of Sale and to reserves. 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POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART SENIOR INTERNATIONAL TEAM EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, ASIA Mariolina Bassetti Alexander Rotter Jussi Pylkkänen Marcus Fox Michael Jeha Chairman of Continental Chairman of Post-War Global President Global Managing Director Chairman, Stefano Amoretti Laetitia Bauduin Eric Chang Guillermo Cid Alma Davidson Paola Saracino Fendi Laura Garbarino Europe and Italy & Contemporary Art, [email protected] [email protected] Middle East Associate Specialist, Head of Department, Deputy Chairman, Asia, Senior Specialist, Junior Specialist, Specialist, Senior Specialist, [email protected] Americas [email protected] London Paris Director of Asian Madrid London London Milan 20th Century & [email protected] Contemporary Art Roni Gilat-Baharaff Peter van der Graaf Victoria Gramm Barbara Guidotti Pauline Haon Elaine Holt Jetske Homan Van Der International Senior Senior Specialist, Associate Specialist, Specialist, Specialist, Senior Vice President, Heide Cristian Albu Katharine Arnold Edmond Francey André Zlattinger Alice de Roquemaurel Director, Israel Benelux and Nordic London Milan Brussels International Director, Chairman, Amsterdam Co-Head, Post War & Co-Head, Post War & International Director, Deputy Chairman, Post War Head of Private Sales, Post-War & Countries Impressionist and Contemporary Art, Europe Contemporary Art, Europe London & Contemporary, Europe Contemporary Art Europe Modern, Hong Kong [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Zoe Ainscough Caroline Louca-Kirkland Regional Managing Director Managing Director, Middle East + 44 20 7389 2958 + 971 (0) 4 375 9007 [email protected] [email protected] Virginie Hagelauer Business Director Jude Hull Elvira Jansen Hala Khayat Zoë Klemme Nina Kretzschmar Rene Lahn Anne Lamuniere + 33 140 768 563 Specialist, Specialist, Amsterdam Head of Post War & Specialist, Senior Specialist, International Specialist, [email protected] Photographs Contemporary, Dubaï London Dusseldorf Specialist, Zurich Geneva London Leonie Grainger Leonie Mir Senior Specialist, London Senior Specialist, London [email protected] [email protected] AUCTION TEAM DUBAI OPERATIONS SERVICES Damaris Angehrn Absentee and Telephone Bids General Manager, Dubai +44 20 7389 2658 Hak Jun Lee Evelyn Lin Tessa Lord Isabel Millar Jutta Nixdorf Paul Nyzam Ada Ong +44 20 7930 8870 fax General Manager, Korea Deputy Chairman, Asia Head of Evening Junior Specialist, Managing Director, Senior Specialist, Senior Vice President, +971 (0) 4 375 9005 London Zurich, Paris Managing Director, [email protected] Internet: www.christies.com Auction [email protected] Taiwan Renee David Post Sale Services Operations Coordinator Kathryn Havers +971 (0)4 375 9017 Post-Sale Coordinator Payment, Shipping & [email protected] Collection +44 20 7752 3200 +44 20 7752 3300 fax Hala Khayat Suzy Sikorski CLIENT ADVISORY [email protected] Director, Head of Post War Junior Specialist Isabelle de la Bruyère Catalogues Online & Contemporary, Dubai, +971 (0) 56 480 8398 Senior Director, EMERI Lotfinder® Head of Sale [email protected] +44 (0) 7796 144 044 Internet: www.christies.com +971 (0) 50 553 7661 Julie Vial Client Services Beatriz Ordovas Renato Pennisi Bojana Popoovic Stephanie Rao Etienne Sallon Herrad Schorn Claudia Schürch [email protected] Specialist, International Director, Specialist, London Associate Director Senior Specialist, Senior Specialist, Junior Specialist Junior Specialist +44 20 7839 9060 Europe Rome Paris Dusseldorf +44 (0)20 7389 2170 +44 20 7389 2869 fax [email protected] [email protected] Email : [email protected] SALE CONTACTS CONSULTANTS Conditions of Sale Eileen Farrah Bagares Eda Kehale Argun, Senior Consultant, Turkey This auction is subject to Important Notices, Sale Coordinator Zaid Belbagi, Saudi Arabia Conditions of Sale and to Reserves +971 (0)4 375 9014 Farah Rahim Ismail, Qatar [email protected] Lyne Kaddoura, Senior Consultant, Lebanon Dina Nasser Khadivi, International Christie’s Dubai team wishes to congratulate Consultant Nayla & Michael Jeha for the birth of their son Alexander. 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