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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $11,508–$17,263
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th Century Art / Middle East, London · 20 April 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4465864
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Mahmud Al Obaidi, salam (from the confusionism series). Sotheby's, 20 Apr 2016, lot 301. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4465864.
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Mahmud Al Obaidi, salam (from the confusionism series). Sotheby's, 20 Apr 2016, lot 301. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4465864.
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From the same sale 20th Century Art / Middle East · Apr 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Salah Taher | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| Untitled | Louai Kayali | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| Untitled | Ismael Fattah | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Portrait of Utta | Salah Abdel Kerim | £28,000–£35,000 | |
| Untitled | Vincenzo Bianchini | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Untitled | Sohrab Sepehri | £45,000–£60,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahmud Al Obaidi | untitled | $13,090 | Sotheby's, Apr 2018 | |
| Mahmud Al Obaidi | Bulletproof | Sotheby's, Oct 2010 | ||
| Hamed Nada | Seated Figures with Birds | Bonhams, Jun 2026 | ||
| Mahmud Al Obaidi | peace (from the confusionism series) | Sotheby's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Bahman Mohasses | Apprizione | Christie's, Nov 2020 | ||
| Hamed Nada | Eve in the Blue Moon | Bonhams, Jan 2023 | ||
| Paul Guiragossian | Contre-Jour | Bonhams, Oct 2021 | ||
| Hamed Nada | Hommage to Gamaliya | Bonhams, Oct 2019 |
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.