Lot 162 · Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part I
'Yes, a plain Potato-lifter's all very well, but science can't stand still - we just had to complete the cycle...'
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- Estimate
- £300–£500 hammer ≈ $494–$824
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part I, Dubai · 3 July 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6663218
- Record
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Rowland Emett, 'Yes, a plain Potato-lifter's all very well, but science can't stand still - we just had to complete the cycle...'. Christie's, 3 Jul 1998, lot 162. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6663218.
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Rowland Emett, 'Yes, a plain Potato-lifter's all very well, but science can't stand still - we just had to complete the cycle...'. Christie's, 3 Jul 1998, lot 162. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6663218.
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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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