ID 828431
Lot 292 | SHIRIN NESHAT (B. 1957)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Sara (from The Home of My Eyes series)
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Shirin Neshat "Sara" from "The Home of My Eyes" series, 2015 1/5' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
ink on gelatin silver print
60 x 40in. (152.4 x 101.6cm.)
Executed in 2015, this work is number one from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs
Provenance
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Gladstone Gallery and Goodman Gallery, London.
Exhibited
Baku, YARAT Contemporary Art Space, Shirin Neshat: The Home of My Eyes, 2015, p. 120 (illustrated, p. 121).
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.
Post lot text
The seller of this lot is Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (registered in [63483] (IKSV) with charity number [63483]) and they will receive 100% of their net proceeds of sale (being the aggregate hammer price of the lots less any auction expenses, which will not exceed 5% of the aggregate hammer price of the lots). In addition, Christie’s will donate an amount equal to 2% of the hammer price of the lot from our Buyer’s Premium.
Artist: | Shirin Neshat (1957) |
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Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
Auction house category: | Photography |
Artist: | Shirin Neshat (1957) |
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Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
Auction house category: | Photography |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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Buyer Premium | see on Website | |
Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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