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- Estimate
- $30,000–$50,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Hurouf: The Art of the Word, Doha · 16 December 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3977280
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Yousef Ahmad, Movement of Letter. Sotheby's, 16 Dec 2010, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3977280.
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Yousef Ahmad, Movement of Letter. Sotheby's, 16 Dec 2010, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3977280.
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From the same sale Hurouf: The Art of the Word · Dec 2010
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baraka | Samir Sayegh | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| A Large Calligraphic Panel | — | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Earth 1 | Khaled Ai-saaï | $12,000–$15,000 | |
| The conference of the birds | Mohamed El Baz | $18,000–$22,000 | |
| A Large Calligraphic Panel | — | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Love | Charles Hossein Zenderoudi | $50,000–$60,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yousef Ahmad | Untitled | $34,555 | Sotheby's, Feb 2015 | |
| Farhad Moshiri | Golden Allah | Christie's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | Rapture Series (Women on Beach Scattered) | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Farhad Moshiri | 101 Black | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Yousef Ahmad | The Emergence of the letter | Sotheby's, Apr 2015 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | Untitled, dalla Serie Women of Allah, 1996 | Finarte, Mar 2021 | ||
| Farhad Moshiri | Untitled (From the Jar Series) | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Yousef Ahmad | letter of love iii | Sotheby's, Oct 2014 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.