London online auction features Iranian artists
The Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art online auction at Bonhams in London featured works by Iranian artists including Ebrahim Olfat, Sirak Melkonian, Marcos Grigorian, Y.Z. Kami, and Babak Kazemi.
The auction concluded on August 14 with no confirmed sales reported, according to public data from Bonhams and ArtChart, ISNA reported.
The auction offered a diverse selection of Iranian art, such as Ebrahim Olfat calligraphic piece titled ‘Love’ – portraying a poem by Hafez and estimated at £3,000–£5,000.
Sirak Melkonian presented two untitled works and ‘Palhevanan,’ each carrying estimates of £8,000–£12,000. Marko Grigorian’s ‘Earthwork’ and Y.Z. Kami’s collage on paper ‘Rumi’ were offered with similar estimates of £8,000–£12,000 and £4,000–£6,000, respectively.
Also, five works by Babak Kazemi were listed, each estimated between £800 and £1,000. Despite the robust scope of the auction, no results for these lots have appeared in Bonhams’ publicly available results or in aggregated auction summaries.
Bonhams carried out the auction in London via its online platform, concluding at 12:00 BST on August 14, 2025, from its New Bond Street saleroom.
The sale offered 45 works by 33 artists as part of the Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art category—but notably, ArtChart reports show that none of the artworks sold, with zero realized sales despite total estimates ranging from approximately £192,700 to £301,700.