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Lot 523

Rafa Al-Nasiri (Iraqi, 1940-2013) Untitled monoprint signed "Nasiri" and dated "89" lower right,...

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Lot 523

Rafa Al-Nasiri (Iraqi, 1940-2013)
Untitled
monoprint
signed "Nasiri" and dated "89" lower right,...

Price Realised: £338

Estimate: £200 - £400

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (30% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 523

Description

Rafa Al-Nasiri (Iraqi, 1940-2013)

Untitled

monoprint

signed "Nasiri" and dated "89" lower right, executed in 1989.

76 x 56 cm.

Provenance: bought by the vendor from Dale Egee Gallery in 2007.

 

Rafa Al-Nasiri was a highly regarded Iraqi printmaker and one of the leading and most innovative artists of the Contemporary Arab world. After completing his studies at the University of Arts in Baghdad, Nasiri went to Beijing where he specialized in graphic arts. He continued to enhance his academic studies in Lisbon, before heading back to Baghdad where he established a private graphic studio in 1987.

Al-Nasiri was a founding member of the New Vision and One Dimensions groups; he taught at numerous universities throughout the Gulf and wrote extensively on the history of printmaking.

Today his works are part of various collections of leading museums worldwide. 

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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

VAT
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(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

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It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
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