LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced today that it will mount a sale “Hurouf: The Art of the Word” to take place in Doha, Qatar, at The Ritz-Carlton Doha hotel, on the 15th December. Ranging from very early Islamic calligraphies through appealing Ottoman pieces of the 18th-19th Centuries to the productions of artists working today who have drawn on this important tradition, the sale will incorporate Arabic, Farsi and Ottoman Turkish works. Prior to the sale, highlights will travel throughout the Gulf Region. Commenting on the forthcoming auction in Doha, Roberta Louckx, Sotheby’s Executive Vice President and Head of Sotheby’s in Qatar, said: “We are delighted to return to Doha later this year with an inaugural auction devoted to ‘calligraphy’, a theme that has inspired and informed the art of this rich and