Top-Priced Iranian Artworks at Auction in 2025

27 December 2025
The present article focuses on ten high-value Iranian artworks sold at auction in 2025. These works represent eight prominent artists spanning Iran’s classical, modern, and contemporary periods, including Reza Abbasi, Mohammad Qasim, Mo'en Mosavver, Bahman Mohasses, Ali Banisadr, Hossein Zenderoudi, and Manoucher Yektai. All of the works were executed on paper or canvas and were sold through four major auction houses—Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Phillips, and Tehran Auction—in New York, London, and Tehran. Christie’s and Tehran Auction account for the highest number of sales in this selection, particularly within the classical Iranian art category. This report is based on data recorded in the Artchart database.
One Golden Winter Hunt (2019), Reza Derakhshani

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