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Behind the Scenes at Tehran Auction 2014

Posted on by Tara Gallery
03 Jun

As we wrote last week, Friday marked Iran’s 3rd Annual Tehran Auction at Hotel Parsian Azadi in Tehran. By every account a phenomenal success, the Tehran Auction sold out the entire collection at an average of 83% above the high estimates! The auction achieved a total of 5.1 million dollars – almost double the amount achieved at last year’s auction.

It is a testament to the strength and vivacity of Iran’s contemporary art scene that the auction results have grown in such exponential, record-breaking numbers. Sohrab Sepehri’s Untitled (from the Tree Trunk series) sold for $680,000 dollars, Reza Derakhshani’s The Hunting Blue Sky for $227,000 dollars, and Mohammad Ehsai’s Love for $219,000 dollars, setting national records. Young and emerging artists such as Dana Nedaran, Shahriar Ahmadi, and Babak Roshani-Nejad also did exceptionally well. You can view the full auction results here.

Our very own director, Homa Taraji, was fortunate enough to be in Iran at the time and worked to support the auction. Scroll through her photos below, showing us behind the scenes at Tehran Auction 2014:

Iranian Art Shines at Bonhams Auction

Posted on by Tara Gallery
17 Apr

Iranian art shines at Bonhams auction! Bonhams recently had it’s bi-annual Islamic and Indian Art auction in London. The auction featured work by many well known Iranian artists and resulted in total sales of $7,554,769.14.

TEHRAN – Iranian artworks shined at Bonhams sale of Islamic and Indian Art in London on April 8.

An acrylic on canvas by Hossein Zenderudi was sold for £158,500 [$266,117.53], and the calligraphic painting by Mohammad Ehsaii was sold for £92,500 [$155,269.39], Bonhams announced on its website.

Farhad Moshiri’s accumulation of wooden panels, doors, books, textile fragments and oil paintings laid onto a board fetched £72,100 [$121,047.24].

Moreover, Parviz Tanavoli’s “Heech” depicting the Persian word “heech” (nil) was sold for £18,750 [$31,478.68], and the painting on paper by Ardeshir Mohasses gained £7,500 [$12,591.47].

Abbas Kiarostami, Aidin Aghdashlu, Reza Derakhshani, Ali Shirazi, Nasrollah Afjeii and Afshin Pirhashemi were among the other Iranian artists whose works were sold at the auction.

An important painting of a Great Indian fruit bat or flying fox by Indian artist Bhawani Das with its 1.5 meter wingspan sold for £458,500 [$769,747.03] at Bonhams. The sale achieved total sales of £4.5 million [$7,554,769.14].

The Islamic and Indian Art department holds two sales a year covering a wide range of art and artifacts dating from the 9th to the 19th centuries. This includes Arabic and Persian manuscripts, pottery, metalwork and glass, ivory, jewelry and stonework, Ottoman Turkish works of art (silver, textiles, arms and armor), and Persian material.

[source: Tehran Times] [Image source: Ali Shirazi | Bonhams]