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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $13,128–$19,692
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th Century Art / Middle East, London · 29 March 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5011691
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Sirak Melkonian, Andou (Expression/Sadness). Sotheby's, 29 Mar 2022, lot 73. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5011691.
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Sirak Melkonian, Andou (Expression/Sadness). Sotheby's, 29 Mar 2022, lot 73. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5011691.
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From the same sale 20th Century Art / Middle East · Mar 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Etel Adnan | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| Mobaghata (Attack) | — | £90,000–£110,000 | |
| Untitled | Munira Al Kazi | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Untitled | Etel Adnan | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Le Temps des Labours (The Time of the Labourers) | Salah Yousri | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Untitled | Helen Khal | £8,000–£12,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sirak Melkonian | The Tower | $15,296 | Bonhams, Nov 2020 | |
| Sirak Melkonian | Untitled | Bonhams, Jan 2023 | ||
| Sirak Melkonian | Wrestlers (Pahlavans) | Bonhams, Aug 2025 | ||
| Sirak Melkonian | Abstract Landscape | Bonhams, May 2022 | ||
| Sirak Melkonian | Window | Christie's, Apr 2009 | ||
| Sirak Melkonian | Motherhood | Bonhams, Nov 2020 | ||
| Reza Derakshani | The rose and the nightingale | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | ||
| Sirak Melkonian | Study for a Mural of Tree Trunks | Bonhams, Jun 2020 |
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.