Ahmed Yacoubi Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ahmed Yacoubi Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 05, 2024
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Untitled
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Untitled oil on canvas signed 'Yacoubi' (lower left), executed mid 1960s 70 x 50cm (27 9/16 x 19 11/16in).
Bonhams
Nov. 30, 2023
Ahmed BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI (1928-1985) sans titre (Untitled) Huile sur toile
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Ahmed BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI (1928-1985) sans titre (Untitled) Huile sur toile 105 x 71 cm Signé en bas à droite Un certificat d'authenticité de Mme Carol Cannon sera remis à l'acquéreur. *** Oil on canvas Signed lower right This lot is offered with a Certificate of Authenticity by Mrs Carol Cannon. H: 105 x L: 71 cm Provenance : Ancienne collection de son Excellence Joao Baptista Soares de Pinna, Ambassadeur du Brésil au Maroc, de 1958 à 1961. Former collection of His Excellency Joao Baptista Soares de Pinna, Ambassador of Brazil to Morocco from 1958 to 1961.
Millon & Associes
Nov. 15, 2023
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) A Portfolio of Sketches various sizes circa 25 x 20cm
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) A Portfolio of Sketches mixed media sketches on paper and card, 8 parts and 3 of which are double-sided executed mid 1960s various sizes circa 25 x 20cm
Bonhams
Nov. 15, 2023
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Abstract Figure in Red
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Abstract Figure in Red mixed media on canvas executed mid 1960s 70 x 50cm (27 9/16 x 19 11/16in).
Bonhams
Nov. 15, 2023
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Abstract Figure in Green
Est: £6,000 - £10,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Abstract Figure in Green mixed media on canvas executed mid 1960s 56 x 44cm (22 1/16 x 17 5/16in).
Bonhams
Nov. 04, 2023
Ahmed Ben Driss EL YACOUBI 1928-1985 Composition, circa 1965 Huile sur toile
Est: MAD20,000 - MAD30,000
Ahmed Ben Driss EL YACOUBI 1928-1985 Composition, circa 1965 Huile sur toile Signée en bas à droite "yacoubi" h: 25 w: 33 cm Provenance : The Estate of Peter Schub, New York Milleabros, New Jersey, lot 1113 Collection particulière, France Bibliographie : Nous remercions Madame Carol Cannon de nous avoir confirmé l'authenticité de cette oeuvre. Commentaire : Oil on canvas Signed lower right "yacoubi" Estimation 20 000 - 30 000 MAD
Artcurial
Nov. 04, 2023
Ahmed Ben Driss EL YACOUBI 1928-1985 Fujiyama, 1981 Huile sur toile
Est: MAD80,000 - MAD120,000
Ahmed Ben Driss EL YACOUBI 1928-1985 Fujiyama, 1981 Huile sur toile Signée en bas à droite "Yacoubi" h: 45 w: 66 cm Provenance : Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste Collection particulière, Etats-Unis Bibliographie : Nous remercions Madame Carol Cannon de nous avoir confirmé l'authenticité de cette oeuvre. Commentaire : Oil on canvas Signed lower right "Yacoubi" Estimation 80 000 - 120 000 MAD
Artcurial
May. 24, 2023
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) The Artists 1975 Sketchbook
Est: £6,000 - £10,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) The Artists 1975 Sketchbook sketchbook of watercolours & drawings, 137 drawings signed 'Ahmed Yacoubi' inside first page, executed in 1975 22 x 14cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/2in).
Bonhams
Dec. 19, 2022
Ahmed BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI (1928-1985) sans titre (Untitled)
Est: €18,000 - €22,000
Ahmed BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI (1928-1985) sans titre (Untitled) Huile sur toile 105 x 71 cm Signé en bas à droite *** Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. H: 105 x L: 71 cm L'essor artistique sur la scène internationale de YACOUBI, est fortement liée à sa rencontre avec Paul Bowles, intellectuel américain, qui, en 1947, avait élu domicile à Tanger, une ville dont l'allure exotique captivait également Francis Bacon, Tennessee Williams et William S. Burroughs. Bowles rencontra pour la première fois Ahmed ben Driss el Yacoubi à Fès en 1947. Le jeune Marocain, né en 1928, était issu d'une famille qui pratiquait la profession de guérisseur du f'qih. Bien que la religion lui interdise de représenter des idoles, Yacoubi dessine secrètement des images figuratives à l'encre et, en 1948, est initié à la peinture par Jane Bowles, la femme de Paul. Les toiles suivantes de Yacoubi étaient des compositions colorées et densément abstraites remplies d'énergie; les surfaces fortement stratifiées ont été lissées grâce à un processus que Yacoubi a comparé à la transformation alchimique. Avec le jeune Yacoubi sous son aile, Paul Bowles écrivit à Betty Parsons en 1951 pour défendre « un jeune peintre arabe de Fès, un abstractionniste naturel, comme on peut s'y attendre alors qu'il n'y a pas eu de tradition dans la culture sauf celle de l'abstraction absolue ».” L'année suivante, la galerie Betty Parsons organise une exposition de l'œuvre de Yacoubi, et peu de temps après, il fait la connaissance de Peggy Guggenheim, qui achète plusieurs de ses peintures. Parallèlement, Paul Bowles a traduit plusieurs des histoires de Yacoubi en anglais, dont la pièce The Night Before Thinking, qui a finalement été publiée dans Evergreen Review en 1961. En 1966, Yacoubi quitte son Maroc natal pour New York, où il peint dans un loft du centre-ville. Comme Bowles, qui avait en grande partie échappé à ses racines pour devenir un expatrié permanent à Tanger, Yacoubi a embrassé les États-Unis comme catalyseur artistique et lieu de fascination exotique, mourant à New York en 1985 à l'âge de cinquante-sept ans.
Millon & Associes
Nov. 12, 2022
AHMED BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI PAINTING
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
AHMED BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI (MOROCCAN, 1928-1985) UNTITLED ABSTRACT OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING, 10.5"X14".
Freedom Auction Company
Nov. 12, 2022
AHMED BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI PAINTING
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
AHMED BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI (MOROCCAN, 1928-1985) UNTITLED ABSTRACT OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING, 10.5"X14". HAS A VERY MINOR AREA OF PAINT LOSS IN FIELD.
Freedom Auction Company
Oct. 20, 2022
Mirage
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi Moroccan 1928-1986 Mirage signed (lower right); titled and dated 1982 (on the reverse of stretcher) oil on linen 91.5 by 122cm., 36 by 48in. framed: 94.5 by 124cm., 37 by 48in. Bid on Sotheby's
Sotheby's
May. 18, 2022
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi, oil on canvas
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Ahmed ben Driss el Yacoubi (Moroccan, 1928-1985), Untitled Abstract, signed in red lower right, slat frame, 10"h x 13"w (total)
Millea Bros Ltd
Dec. 30, 2021
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928-1985 Palette No. 4, circa 1981 Huile sur papier contrecollé sur carton
Est: MAD60,000 - MAD80,000
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928-1985 Palette No. 4, circa 1981 Huile sur papier contrecollé sur carton h: 30,50 w: 40,60 cm Provenance : Succession de l'artiste Collection particulière, Etats-Unis Bibliographie : Un certificat de Madame Carole Cannon sera remis à l'acquéreur. Commentaire : Oil on palette paper laid down cardboard Estimation 60 000 - 80 000 MAD
Artcurial
Dec. 30, 2021
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928-1985 Montagne en spirale, 1985 Huile sur panneau
Est: MAD100,000 - MAD150,000
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928-1985 Montagne en spirale, 1985 Huile sur panneau h: 76 w: 60 cm Provenance : Succession de l'artiste Collection particulière, Etats-Unis Bibliographie : Un certificat de Madame Carole Cannon sera remis à l'acquéreur. Commentaire : Oil on panel Estimation 100 000 - 150 000 MAD
Artcurial
Dec. 30, 2021
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928-1985 Premier né, 1981 Huile sur papier contrecollé sur carton
Est: MAD60,000 - MAD80,000
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928-1985 Premier né, 1981 Huile sur papier contrecollé sur carton h: 28 w: 35,50 cm Provenance : Succession de l'artiste Collection particulière, Etats-Unis Bibliographie : Un certificat de Madame Carole Cannon sera remis à l'acquéreur. Commentaire : Oil on palette paper laid down cardboard Estimation 60 000 - 80 000 MAD
Artcurial
Dec. 01, 2021
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi, oil on canvas
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Ahmed ben Driss el Yacoubi (Morccan, 1928-1985), Untitled Abstract, signed in red lower right, slat frame, 10"h x 13"w (total)
Millea Bros Ltd
Nov. 17, 2021
AHMED BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI (MOROCCAN, 1928-1985) UNTITLED
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Moroccan, 1928-1985) Untitled Signed bottom right, oil on linen. Executed 1980-85. (83 x 58 in. (210.8 x 147.3cm)) Provenance Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Footnote: Note This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Carol Cannon and dated September 9, 2021. Please see lot 28 for more information about this artist. Condition report: To receive a complete Condition Report on this Lot, please contact the department at modernart@freemansauction.com
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 17, 2021
AHMED BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI (MOROCCAN, 1928-1985) UNTITLED
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Moroccan, 1928-1985) Untitled Signed bottom right, oil on linen. Executed 1980-85. (50 x 60 1/4 in. (127 x 153cm)) Provenance Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Footnote: Note This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Carol Cannon and dated September 9, 2021. Please see lot 28 for more information about this artist. Condition report: To receive a complete Condition Report on this Lot, please contact the department at modernart@freemansauction.com
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 17, 2021
AHMED BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI (MOROCCAN, 1928-1985) UNTITLED
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Moroccan, 1928-1985) Untitled Signed bottom left, oil on linen. Executed 1980-85. (30 1/8 x 40 in. (76.5 x 101.6cm)) Provenance Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Footnote: Note This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Carol Cannon and dated September 9, 2021. Please see lot 28 for more information about this artist. Condition report: To receive a complete Condition Report on this Lot, please contact the department at modernart@freemansauction.com
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 17, 2021
AHMED BEN DRISS EL YACOUBI (MOROCCAN, 1928-1985) UNTITLED
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Moroccan, 1928-1985) Untitled Signed bottom right, oil on linen. Executed 1980-85. (30 1/4 x 39 7/8 in. (76.8cm x 101.3cm)) Provenance Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Footnote: Note This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Carol Cannon and dated September 9, 2021. Ahmed Yacoubi was born in Fez, Morocco in 1928, claiming descendance from the Prophet Mohammed from both his father’s and mother’s families. While not formally trained in art, Yacoubi began sculpting at an early age, writing short stories, poetry and plays, and drawing. The artist met the American writer Paul Bowles and his wife Jane Bowles while translating for their tourist group in 1947, the beginning of a deep and abiding friendship, particularly with Paul. Both Paul and Jane introduced Yacoubi to artists, literary figures, and collectors, encouraging the artist to expand his artistic repertoire, to travel around the world, and to exhibit widely. Through Bowles, Yacoubi met Francis Bacon in Tangiers, where Bacon was spending the summers between 1956 and 1961 with his then partner Peter Lacy. In the Casbah, Bacon allowed Yacoubi to sit for hours and watch him paint, teaching him technique, and also supplying him with paints and canvases from London. He helped secure Yacoubi an exhibition at Hanover Gallery in London in 1957. Absorbing American, British and European influences through Bowles and his counterparts, while also reflecting on his Moroccan heritage, Yacoubi developed his own particular style, layering oil paints and glazes to create ethereal, other-worldly abstractions. The four paintings offered here were painted near the end of the artist’s life, in his mature style, showing his continued experimentation with figures, landscape, and animal forms. The layering of pigment lends the paintings an inner glow that radiates a warmth, but also fosters a ghostly quality as figures seem to emerge from the background. As William Burroughs once wrote, Yacoubi’s paintings: “are maps of psychic areas indicating the typography and life forms to be encountered there... The painting of Yacoubi is a window opening into space. You do not look at his pictures but through them.” [1] [1] Carol Cannon, "Biography of Ahmed Yacoubi," https://www.ahmedyacoubi.com/biography.html Condition report: To receive a complete Condition Report on this Lot, please contact the department at modernart@freemansauction.com
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 13, 2021
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Maroc, 1929-1985) Monkey head study
Est: €6,000 - €9,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Maroc, 1929-1985) Monkey head study signé en bas à gauche huile sur toile 42 x 37cm (16 9/16 x 14 9/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 20, 2021
Woman's Sacrifice
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Ahmed ben Driss el Yacoubi Moroccan 1928-1985 Woman's Sacrifice posthumously titled and dated 1984 (on the reverse) oil on foam board 76.2 by 101.6cm., 30 by 40in.
Sotheby's
Jun. 02, 2021
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Bayou
Est: £8,000 - £10,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Bayou oil on canvas, framed signed lower right, and titled on stretcher, dated 1963 56 x 34cm (22 1/16 x 13 3/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Dec. 30, 2020
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928 - 1985 Palette No. 18
Est: MAD60,000 - MAD80,000
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928 - 1985 Palette No. 18 Huile sur papier contrecollé sur carton 31 x 40,50 cm Provenance: Collection particulière, États-Unis Commentaire: Un certificat de Madame Carol Cannon sera remis à l’acquéreur. Oil on palette paper laid down cardboard Estimations : 6 000 - 8 000€ ¤ Lot en importation temporaire : L'acquéreur devra acquitter des frais d'importation, soit 12,75% en sus du prix d'adjudication sauf s'il réexporte immédiatement le lot hors du Maroc. Estimation: 60 000 MAD - 80 000 MAD
Artcurial
Dec. 30, 2020
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928 - 1985 Cap Spartel
Est: MAD80,000 - MAD120,000
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928 - 1985 Cap Spartel Huile sur panneau Signé 40,50 × 51 cm Provenance: Collection particulière, États-Unis Commentaire: Un certificat de Madame Carol Cannon sera remis à l’acquéreur. Oil on panel; signed Estimations : 8 000 - 12 000€ ¤ Lot en importation temporaire : L'acquéreur devra acquitter des frais d'importation, soit 12,75% en sus du prix d'adjudication sauf s'il réexporte immédiatement le lot hors du Maroc. Estimation: 80 000 MAD - 120 000 MAD
Artcurial
Jun. 11, 2020
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Birth of the Moon
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Birth of the Moon oil on canvas, framed signed 'Yaccoubi' (lower left), titled 'Birth of the Moon', dated '1963' and signed 'El Yacoubi' on the verso, executed in 1963 52 x 63cm (20 1/2 x 24 13/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 23, 2019
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Portrait in Smoke
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Portrait in Smoke oil on canvas, framed signed 'Yaccoubi' (lower left), executed in 1963 81 x 60cm (31 7/8 x 23 5/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 23, 2019
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Edge of the Forest
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Edge of the Forest oil on canvas, framed signed 'Yaccoubi' lower right, executed in 1964 82 x 54cm (32 5/16 x 21 1/4in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 01, 2019
* Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Lagoon
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) Lagoon oil on canvas, framedsigned "Yacoubi" (lower right)81 x 115cm (31 7/8 x 45 1/4in). Provenance:Property from a private collection, New YorkAcquired directly from the Artist by the present owner's father, circa late 1960'sThence by decent to the present owner
Bonhams
May. 01, 2019
* Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) The Last Days
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi (Morocco, 1929-1985) The Last Days oil on canvas, framedtitled "The Last Days" and dated "1965" on the verso, executed in 1965101 x 91cm (39 3/4 x 35 13/16in). Provenance:Property from a private collection, New YorkAcquired directly from the Artist by the present owner's father, circa late 1960'sThence by decent to the present owner"The painting of Yacoubi is a window opening into space. You do not look at his pictures but through them." – William Burroughs."Eventually it was Francis Bacon who supplied the key, suggesting that Ahmed sit each afternoon in his Casbah studio and watch him paint. There was to be no conversation; it was merely a matter of seeing a painter paint." – Paul BowlesThe following two lots are masterful renditions of the "cosmic abstraction" concocted by the enigmatic artist Ahmed Yacoubi. Swirling, nebula-like abstract apparitions swarm Yacoubi's canvas, resembling astronomical forms, indicating an abstraction not dictated by mere reference to paint and form, but one which evokes the abstract and ultimately unintelligible properties of the wider cosmos and its majestic celestial scenery. Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi, was born in Fez, Morocco, in 1928. Educated as a traditional healer, he was also known as a storyteller, poet, painter, playwright and author. Yacoubi met the American composer and writer Paul Bowles in Fez in 1947, and later in Tangier. Yacoubi then began doing translations for Bowles. Bowles and his wife, novelist and playwright Jane Bowles, encouraged Yacoubi to draw and paint the characters in his own stories after seeing Yacoubi's illustrations of his translations.The Bowles arranged for Yacoubi's first exhibition of visual work at the Gallimard bookshop on Boulevard Pasteur in Tangier. The exhibition was highly acclaimed, and 28 pieces were sold. Later exhibitions were held at the Galerie Clan in Madrid, the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York in 1952, the Hanover Gallery in London in 1957, and elsewhere throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. A wide range of notable collectors began acquiring his drawings and paintings, recognizing his talent and artistic integrity. The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and the Sao Paolo Museum of Modern Art also purchased his works.In 1952, Bowles invited Yacoubi to his island, Taprobane, off the southern coast of Sri Lanka. While visiting the island, Yacoubi prepared meals for fellow guest Peggy Guggenheim, which she mentions in her memoir, Confessions of an Art Addict (1997). Guggenheim purchased several of Yacoubi's drawings.Ahmed Yacoubi evolved from what was described as a primitive style to a sophisticated secret technique of layering in oil glazes that produced canvases of with great depth and complexity. Having become acquainted with Francis Bacon during the latter's trips to Tangiers, Bacon further encouraged his work by painting four small canvases blue and telling him to "Paint!" according to an anecdote by Allen Ginsberg. Bacon and Yacoubi painted together and remained friends for the duration of their lives. For Bacon, he was simply the 'most sympathetic Moroccan in Tangier'. 'Ahmed and I had no common language,' he remembered, 'but between my limited Spanish and French and his very good Spanish, we were able to talk a lot."In the 1960's, Yacoubi moved to New York City permanently in the late sixties where Ellen Stewart provided him with a loft space in La Mama's rehearsal building that Yacoubi transformed into "The Rising Night Gallery." Amidst the changing art trends of the 70's and 80's, Yacoubi continued to delve with his singular and secretive oil techniques, maintaining the integrity of his inspired approach, producing magical scenes, portraits, and worlds that reveal his depth of insight into humanity and life.
Bonhams
Dec. 29, 2016
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928 - 1985 Visage - 1956 Huile sur toile
Est: €70,000 - €90,000
Ahmed YACOUBI 1928 - 1985 Visage - 1956 Huile sur toile Signée et datée en bas à droite "YACOUBI 56" h: 65 w: 50 cm Provenance : Collection particulière Expositions : Rabat, Musée Mohammed VI d''Art Moderne et Contemporain, 1"914-2014: 100 ans de création marocaine", octobre 2014 - avril 2015 Bibliographie : Catalogue de l''exposition "1914-2014: 100 ans de création marocaine", Musée Mohammed VI, Rabat, reproduit p. 46 Commentaire : Oil on canvas; signed and dated lower right
Artcurial