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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $12,217–$18,326
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th Century Art/Middle East, London · 24 October 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5163358
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Yousef Ahmad, Oriental Window. Sotheby's, 24 Oct 2023, lot 26. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5163358.
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Yousef Ahmad, Oriental Window. Sotheby's, 24 Oct 2023, lot 26. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5163358.
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From the same sale 20th Century Art/Middle East · Oct 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Letter | — | £18,000–£25,000 | |
| Organic-Geometrical Integration (No. 28) | Abdel Rahman El Nashar | £18,000–£20,000 | |
| Nesma | Adam Henein | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Untitled (Kites) | Hassan Soliman | £7,000–£9,000 | |
| Birdcage (Variation No. 4) | — | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Orange Harvest | Inji Efflatoun | £18,000–£25,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yousef Ahmad | letter of love iii | $20,000 | Sotheby's, Oct 2014 | |
| Yousef Ahmad | The Emergence of the letter | Sotheby's, Apr 2015 | ||
| Wael Shawky | Dictums: Manqia I | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | I am its secret from Women of Allah | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Yousef Ahmad | Untitled | Sotheby's, Feb 2015 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | Couple at Intersection (from the Fervor series) (Triptych) | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | Fervor series | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Shirin Neshat | Salah (From The Book of Kings Series) | Sotheby's, May 2025 |
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.