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Previous Sales 37

Bonhams
Samia Halaby (Palestine, born 1936) Rapids
Samia Halaby (Palestine, born 1936) Rapids
Unknown
Jun 2026
Sotheby's
Red and White Neighbourhoods
Red and White Neighbourhoods, 2019
£48,000 ($63k USD)
Apr 2026
Sotheby's
Copper
Copper, 1976
$317,500
Jan 2026
Christie's
Gardenia
Gardenia, 1978
£152,400 ($201k USD)
Nov 2025
Christie's
Flowers in the Sky for Hala
Flowers in the Sky for Hala, 1995
£146,050 ($193k USD)
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Morning Honey
Morning Honey, 1992
£127,068 ($127k USD)
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Blue Trap (in a Railroad Station)
Blue Trap (in a Railroad Station), 1977
$384,000
Feb 2025
Christie's
Lemon Tree
Lemon Tree, 2011
£233,100 ($308k USD)
Oct 2024
Christie's
Half Night
Half Night, 1976
£138,600 ($183k USD)
Oct 2024
Christie's
New York
New York, 1978
£88,200 ($116k USD)
Oct 2024
Christie's
Return (No. 323)
Return (No. 323), 1978
£233,100 ($308k USD)
Nov 2023
Christie's
Green and Earth
Green and Earth, 2014
£107,100 ($141k USD)
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Seventh Cross No. 229
Seventh Cross No. 229
£476,804 ($477k USD)
Oct 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled (One for Life) No. 605
Untitled (One for Life) No. 605
£47,680 ($48k USD)
Oct 2023
Christie's
No. 224
No. 224, 1969
£189,000 ($249k USD)
Nov 2022
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1960
$62,500
Mar 2016
Christie's
White Spiral
White Spiral, 1970
$179,000
Oct 2014
Christie's
SILVER SECTION
SILVER SECTION, 1969
€30,000 ($33k USD)
Oct 2013
Christie's
Seventh Cross No. 229
Seventh Cross No. 229, 1969
€37,500 ($41k USD)
Oct 2012
Christie's
Tiger's Eye in Late Winter
Tiger's Eye in Late Winter, 1978
€68,500 ($75k USD)
Apr 2012
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1975
$18,750
Apr 2010
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Untitled
Untitled
$12,600
Jan 1970
Christie's
Arabic Art from Jerusalem
Arabic Art from Jerusalem, 1995
$150,563
Nov 2025
Christie's
Water Lilies
Water Lilies, 2013
$138,600
May 2025
Bonhams
Morning Rain
Morning Rain, 1997
Bought In
Jun 2024

For Sale 2

Zawyeh Gallery · Artsy
Evening in the Desert
Evening in the Desert, 2019
Price on request
Acrylic on linen
Gallery One · Artsy
Postion Interplay: Midnight
Postion Interplay: Midnight, 1981
Price on request
Silkscreen on wove paper
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Biennial Selections1

Venice Biennale — Venice
2024 · Foreigners Everywhere · curated by Adriano Pedrosa
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Publications1

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Rewiring Narratives: New Media Art from the Arab World
Hatje Cantz · 2026
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Samia Halaby Abstract in Motion

Samia Halaby

Tannous Building - Quarantine - Lb-2077

Aug 21, 2025 — Nov 19, 2025

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#665 Ayyam Gallery Beirut

Samia Halaby Flurrying

Samia Halaby

Beirut Tower, Ground Floor, WF2W+6J6, Zeitune Street, Solidere, بيروت، Lebanon

Nov 15, 2021 — Jan 5, 2022

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Samia Halaby Opacity and Transparency

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Beirut Tower, Ground Floor, WF2W+6J6, Zeitune Street, Solidere, بيروت، Lebanon

Oct 30, 2018 — Nov 30, 2018

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Samia Halaby Documentary Drawings of the Kafr Qasem Massacre

Samia Halaby

Beirut Tower, Ground Floor, WF2W+6J6, Zeitune Street, Solidere, بيروت، Lebanon

Mar 9, 2017 — May 18, 2017

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Samia Halaby Illuminated Space

Samia Halaby

Beirut Tower, Ground Floor, WF2W+6J6, Zeitune Street, Solidere, بيروت، Lebanon

Mar 9, 2017 — Jun 7, 2017

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Painting from the Sixties and Seventies

Samia Halaby

Beirut Tower, Ground Floor, WF2W+6J6, Zeitune Street, Solidere, بيروت، Lebanon

May 17, 2015 — Jul 16, 2015

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Five Decades of Painting and Innovation

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Beirut Tower, Ground Floor, WF2W+6J6, Zeitune Street, Solidere, بيروت، Lebanon

Feb 19, 2014 — Apr 30, 2014

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New Paintings

Samia Halaby

Unit 1, Sleaford Road Ind Est,, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln LN4 2ND, UK

Oct 9, 2013 — Nov 30, 2013

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Trees and The High Rising City

Samia Halaby

Beirut Tower, Ground Floor, WF2W+6J6, Zeitune Street, Solidere, بيروت، Lebanon

Mar 14, 2011 — Apr 28, 2011

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New Works

Samia Halaby

Beirut Tower, Ground Floor, WF2W+6J6, Zeitune Street, Solidere, بيروت، Lebanon

Oct 7, 2010 — Nov 27, 2010

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