Lot 147 · Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture
Poem
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- Estimate
- £250,000–£350,000 hammer ≈ $318,380–$445,732
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture, London · 27 June 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5135492
- Record
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Saloua Raouda Choucair, Poem. Sotheby's, 27 Jun 2023, lot 147. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5135492.
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Saloua Raouda Choucair, Poem. Sotheby's, 27 Jun 2023, lot 147. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5135492.
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From the same sale Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture · Jun 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elegy III | Barbara Hepworth | £4,000,000–£6,000,000 | |
| Autoportrait au turban rouge | Leonor Fini | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Passage | Helen Frankenthaler | £900,000–£1,200,000 | |
| Spiegel, grau (Mirror, grey) | Gerhard Richter | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Various Cakes | Wayne Thiebaud | £1,800,000–£2,500,000 | |
| Fumées sur les toits | Fernand Léger | £800,000–£1,200,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saloua Raouda Choucair | Poem | $515,561 | Christie's, Nov 2025 | |
| Mahmoud Said | Adam and Eve | Sotheby's, Apr 2018 | ||
| Mahmoud Said | La Mise Au Tombeau (The Entombment) | Bonhams, May 2022 | ||
| Saloua Raouda Choucair | Infinite Structure | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Mahmoud Said | Vue de la plage à Cassata en Grèce (View of the beach in Cas | Christie's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Mahmoud Said | (i) Assouan – île et dunes (ii) Assouan – île et dunes (esqu | Christie's, Mar 2017 | ||
| Saloua Raouda Choucair | Interform height: 60cm | Bonhams, Apr 2017 | ||
| Mahmoud Said | Sunset On The Nile At Luxor | Christie's, Apr 2010 |
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.