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- Estimate
- £30,000–£40,000 hammer ≈ $39,533–$52,711
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th Century Art / Middle East, London · 23 October 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4604494
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Louai Kayali, Portrait of a Lady. Sotheby's, 23 Oct 2017, lot 26. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4604494.
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Louai Kayali, Portrait of a Lady. Sotheby's, 23 Oct 2017, lot 26. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4604494.
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From the same sale 20th Century Art / Middle East · Oct 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Farid Belkahia | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Untitled | Abdulqader Al Rassam | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Au Bord du Nil (On the Banks of the Nile) | Mahmoud Mokhtar | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Untitled | Hossein Kazemi | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| National Portraits | Rokni Haerizadeh | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Untitled | Etel Adnan | £25,000–£30,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louai Kayali | untitled (portrait of the artist's niece) | $55,851 | Sotheby's, Apr 2018 | |
| Louai Kayali | untitled (lady) | Sotheby's, Oct 2016 | ||
| Louai Kayali | untitled (still life) | Sotheby's, Apr 2018 | ||
| Louai Kayali | untitled (boy selling socks) | Sotheby's, Apr 2017 | ||
| Louai Kayali | Untitled | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | ||
| Louai Kayali | louai kayyali | flowers | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 | ||
| Paul Guiragossian | Rythme | Christie's, May 2025 | ||
| Louai Kayali | Malula | 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.