Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art New Bond Street, London | 23 October 2019 Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art New Bond Street, London | Wednesday 23 October 2019 at 3pm VIEWINGS BIDS ENQUIRIES IMPORTANT INFORMATION Sunday 20 October +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Nima Sagharchi The United States Government 11am to 3pm +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 8342 has banned the import of ivory Monday 21 October To bid via the internet please visit [email protected] into the USA. Lots containing 9am to 4.30pm www.bonhams.com ivory are indicated by the symbol Tuesday 22 October Noor Soussi Ф printed beside the lot number 9am to 4.30pm Please note that bids should be +44 (0) 20 7468 8345 in this catalogue. Wednesday 23rd October submitted no later than 4pm on [email protected] 9am to 1pm the day prior to the sale. 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Islamic and Indian, Middle Eastern and South Asian Art London Nima Sagharchi Director, Middle Eastern, Islamic and South Asian Art Noor Soussi Junior Specialist, Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Oliver White Head of Department, Islamic and Indian Art Matthew Thomas Specialist, Islamic and Indian Art Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art Hong Kong Edward Wilkinson Global Head Executive Director, Asia Lilia Chen Senior Administrator New York Mark Rasmussen Specialist Head of Sales Doris Jin Huang Specialist 1 * BIBI ZOGBE (LEBANON, 1890-1973) Achiras oil on canvas signed “BIBI ZOGBE” (lower right), further inscribed “Achiras por Bibi Zogbe” on the verso, executed circa 1960 73 x 60cm (28 3/4 x 23 5/8in). £6,000 - 10,000 €6,800 - 11,000 US$7,500 - 12,000 Provenance Property from a private collection, Beirut For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 4 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 2 * NASEER CHAURA (SYRIA, 1920-1992) Untitled oil on canvas signed “N.CHAURA” in Arabic and English (lower right) and dated “1978”, executed in 1978 96 x 57cm (37 13/16 x 22 7/16in). £7,000 - 10,000 €7,900 - 11,000 US$8,700 - 12,000 Provenance Property from a private collection, Beirut Acquired directly from the Artist’s wife For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART | 5 “Although the critics traditionally have tried to separate the two from each other, to me, abstraction is about reality. But reality is not necessarily a photographic image. If you take ten seconds turning your head from left to right, all the shapes and forms that you see cannot be captured in a photograph or a realistic image. When you walk down the street in New York, where it is so busy, to preserve your life you have learnt to look in certain ways and your eyes jump from blocks of colour, that is the rhythm you see in my paintings and explains where I place the squares.” - Samia Halaby 3 SAMIA HALABY (PALESTINE, BORN 1936) In 1975, Halaby lived in New Haven, Connecticut where she taught at Wind in the Sun on Earth in Early Winter (No.377) the Yale School of Art.