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- Estimate
- $20,000–$30,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art / Doha, Doha · 21 April 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4350576
- Record
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Yousef Ahmad, The Emergence of the letter. Sotheby's, 21 Apr 2015, lot 27. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4350576.
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Yousef Ahmad, The Emergence of the letter. Sotheby's, 21 Apr 2015, lot 27. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4350576.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art / Doha · Apr 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Ramses Younan | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Untitled 6 | Gouider Triki | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| I Got Sunshine | Farhad Moshiri | $120,000–$180,000 | |
| Nympheas, after Claude Monet (Pictures of Magazines 2) | Vik Muniz | $90,000–$120,000 | |
| Introvert | El Anatsui | $800,000–$1,200,000 | |
| Untitled | Farid Belkahia | $40,000–$60,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yousef Ahmad | letter of love iii | $20,000 | Sotheby's, Oct 2014 | |
| Yousef Ahmad | Untitled | Sotheby's, Feb 2015 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | shirin neshat | untitled (from rapture) | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | Fervor series | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | Unveiling | Christie's, Dec 2024 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | Sara (from The Home of My Eyes series) | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Yousef Ahmad | Movement of Letter | Sotheby's, Dec 2010 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | 'Soliloquy Series' (Water over Head) | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 |
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.