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- Estimate
- £50,000–£70,000 hammer ≈ $61,798–$86,518
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th Century Art / Middle East , London · 31 March 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4816384
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Marwan Kassab Bachi, marwan kassab bachi | kopf (head). Sotheby's, 31 Mar 2020, lot 34. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4816384.
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Marwan Kassab Bachi, marwan kassab bachi | kopf (head). Sotheby's, 31 Mar 2020, lot 34. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4816384.
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From the same sale 20th Century Art / Middle East · Mar 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| ardash kakafian | sense of belonging | — | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| manoucher yektai | untitled | Manoucher Yektai | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| parviz tanavoli | the wall and the script i | Parviz Tanavoli | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| mahmoud sabri | four faces | — | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| mansour ghandriz | skull and palette | Mansour Ghandriz | £35,000–£45,000 | |
| farhad moshiri | untitled (from the jar series) | Farhad Moshiri | £30,000–£40,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shafic Abboud | Troisième Chambre Verticale | $84,304 | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | |
| Farhad Moshiri | Mirror | Phillips, Nov 2024 | ||
| Farhad Moshiri | Liberry Pie | Phillips, Mar 2022 | ||
| Farhad Moshiri | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Dec 2021 | ||
| Shafic Abboud | Fabrication Du Tapis | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Shafic Abboud | Composition | Bonhams, Oct 2021 | ||
| Marwan Kassab Bachi | Marionette | Christie's, Mar 1998 | ||
| Reza Derakshani | Untitled | Bonhams, Nov 2023 |
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.