Lot 111 · Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part I
An Album of pen and ink and wash Drawings, the majority illustrations for Pick-Me-Up, including 'Diamond cut Diamond'; 'Mr Fernandez'; 'Visions of the Future'; 'The Breeches' and others, all signed, inscribed and variously dated from 1889 to 1893<
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- Estimate
- £300–£400 hammer ≈ $494–$659
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part I, Dubai · 3 July 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6663176
- Record
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Leonard Raven-hill, An Album of pen and ink and wash Drawings, the majority illustrations for Pick-Me-Up, including 'Diamond cut Diamond'; 'Mr Fernandez'; 'Visions of the Future'; 'The Breeches' and others, all signed, inscribed and variously dated from 1889 to 1893<. Christie's, 3 Jul 1998, lot 111. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6663176.
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Leonard Raven-hill, An Album of pen and ink and wash Drawings, the majority illustrations for Pick-Me-Up, including 'Diamond cut Diamond'; 'Mr Fernandez'; 'Visions of the Future'; 'The Breeches' and others, all signed, inscribed and variously dated from 1889 to 1893<. Christie's, 3 Jul 1998, lot 111. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6663176.
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From the same sale Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part I · Jul 1998
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|---|---|---|---|
| Seventh Cross No. 229 | Samia Halaby | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| An Oriental Child | Susan Beatrice Pearse | £25–£200 | |
| Murammem Al Shibaak Al Saghir (The Young Net Restorer) | Louay Kayyali | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Carnaval Vénitien | Abdallah Benanteur | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| War | Gazbia Sirry | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Eshgh | Nasrollah Afjei | $60,000–$80,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Raven-hill | ‘the withdrawal from moscow’ | $733 | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 | |
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| Ronald William Fordham Searle | Untitled | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2021 | ||
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| Louis William Wain | 'Musical Cat' | Bonhams, Oct 2014 | ||
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| English School, 19th Century | Portrait of a bearded gentleman wearing a ruff | Bonhams, Jun 2015 |
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