![Untitled by Hadieh Shafie (Iranian, b.1969), set a new world auction record for the artist when selling for £85,000 / (Dh397,545). This work combined two distinct techniques of the artist, the tightly wounded scrolls and the linear stacks of paper.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JWRFKB6YJ7OB6HJWBSIRDERZQ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=49c0f316eddf40b34cc22c797b2a287ecd8ab78173124c8e5e9d7ce9e52149fc&width=400&height=225)
!['The Way' by Ismail Shammout: the 1964 painting, a scene of Palestinians clutching rifles painted almost at close-up, tripled its low estimate to go for £150,000, an auction record for the artist.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/H7NICI633MFD6XJUI4ZVOU27U4.jpg?smart=true&auth=2c12cddd08fe98d880acb02eabcb857d5f3f547643f1236c9df276dd5cb99d76&width=400&height=225)
![Estimated at £200,000–£300,000, Love by Farhad Moshiri, which was once in the collection of Arif Naqvi, failed to sell at Christie's on Wednesday night. Abu Nadha for The National](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CJDAAXUIIO24OWPE5V2GVBF4UM.jpg?smart=true&auth=f1daa94cf333a0de081f03290c3b1d6ef21294a4ab23924bee16642778fcf736&width=400&height=225)
![Louay Kayyali’s (Syrian,1934-1978) Portrait of Umayma Hussein Ibish painted in 1962, which sold for £47,500 (Dh222,157). The painting was part of the curated section entitled “Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma” which shed light on the fact that many Middle Eastern artists studied in Rome during the 1960s and 1970s and their artistic styles evolved to a dialogue between Western and Eastern culture.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/VHTVBUCZEECQDASK4WGR57JV3M.jpg?smart=true&auth=63c89347a0df6a06dd6a168a3bfbaa5dbb7b3ad6e35599a828330b6bfe964945&width=400&height=225)
![A beautiful mirrored work mimicking wings (Untitled [Faravahar Wings, Zarathustra]) by the Iranian artist Monir Farmanfarmaian sold for £299,250, respectably within its estimate. Farmanfarmaian, who recently passed away, is currently the subject of a retrospective at the Sharjah Art Foundation; this work was the top lot of the auction.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/DZ5D2GZNHRGTRL4XFCQM3KKDHY.jpg?smart=true&auth=a5e06ff72848953316f8c8707b6c5f3996808fb7a954280252f831c4a9f31622&width=400&height=225)
![Untitled by Hadieh Shafie (Iranian, b.1969), set a new world auction record for the artist when selling for £85,000 / (Dh397,545). This work combined two distinct techniques of the artist, the tightly wounded scrolls and the linear stacks of paper.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JWRFKB6YJ7OB6HJWBSIRDERZQ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=49c0f316eddf40b34cc22c797b2a287ecd8ab78173124c8e5e9d7ce9e52149fc&width=400&height=225)
!['The Way' by Ismail Shammout: the 1964 painting, a scene of Palestinians clutching rifles painted almost at close-up, tripled its low estimate to go for £150,000, an auction record for the artist.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/H7NICI633MFD6XJUI4ZVOU27U4.jpg?smart=true&auth=2c12cddd08fe98d880acb02eabcb857d5f3f547643f1236c9df276dd5cb99d76&width=400&height=225)
![Estimated at £200,000–£300,000, Love by Farhad Moshiri, which was once in the collection of Arif Naqvi, failed to sell at Christie's on Wednesday night. Abu Nadha for The National](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CJDAAXUIIO24OWPE5V2GVBF4UM.jpg?smart=true&auth=f1daa94cf333a0de081f03290c3b1d6ef21294a4ab23924bee16642778fcf736&width=400&height=225)
![Louay Kayyali’s (Syrian,1934-1978) Portrait of Umayma Hussein Ibish painted in 1962, which sold for £47,500 (Dh222,157). The painting was part of the curated section entitled “Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma” which shed light on the fact that many Middle Eastern artists studied in Rome during the 1960s and 1970s and their artistic styles evolved to a dialogue between Western and Eastern culture.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/VHTVBUCZEECQDASK4WGR57JV3M.jpg?smart=true&auth=63c89347a0df6a06dd6a168a3bfbaa5dbb7b3ad6e35599a828330b6bfe964945&width=400&height=225)
![A beautiful mirrored work mimicking wings (Untitled [Faravahar Wings, Zarathustra]) by the Iranian artist Monir Farmanfarmaian sold for £299,250, respectably within its estimate. Farmanfarmaian, who recently passed away, is currently the subject of a retrospective at the Sharjah Art Foundation; this work was the top lot of the auction.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/DZ5D2GZNHRGTRL4XFCQM3KKDHY.jpg?smart=true&auth=a5e06ff72848953316f8c8707b6c5f3996808fb7a954280252f831c4a9f31622&width=400&height=225)
![Untitled by Hadieh Shafie (Iranian, b.1969), set a new world auction record for the artist when selling for £85,000 / (Dh397,545). This work combined two distinct techniques of the artist, the tightly wounded scrolls and the linear stacks of paper.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JWRFKB6YJ7OB6HJWBSIRDERZQ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=49c0f316eddf40b34cc22c797b2a287ecd8ab78173124c8e5e9d7ce9e52149fc&width=400&height=225)
Christie's auction: Palestinian art soars while former Naqvi-owned works have mixed success
The excitement of the evening belonged to the Palestinian artist Ismail Shammout
![Melissa Gronlund](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Farc-authors%2Fthenational%2Fc451ae4e-15a2-4553-acaf-7a29665268c0.png?smart=true&auth=7b94f464cacaa1ea45c4eece566b2d02e0a33157f7ea4d7427295d4b2c7fed54&width=70&height=70)
Melissa Gronlund
October 24, 2019
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October 24, 2019