Elite Living Africa
Elite Living Africa is the premier luxury lifestyle magazine for the African continent.
Yesterday
at
Sotheby
’
s
in
London, the third dedicated sale
of
Modern and Contemporary African Art
realised £2,274,625 against a pre-sale estimate of £1.8 millio
n. The sale
of
99 lots featured artists from 18
African countries
as
diverse
as
Algeria, Morocco, Ghana, and Uganda.
Ten new auction records were set,
as
well
as
three benchmarks for artists making their first appearance
at
auction.
The star
of
the sale was
El
Anatsui
’
s
Tagomizor
, a hanging sculptural work created with aluminium bottle
caps and copper wire. The work was hammered down
at
£670,000.
The Warrior
, a painting
by
Senegalese artist Papa Ibra Tall that was once owned
by
Duke Ellington proved
magnetic, with a final sale
at
£118,750 much higher than its £8,000 estimate.
Two works by Cameroonian artist Pascale Marthine Tayou, on of
fer from the Guy & Myriam Ullens
Foundation, broke Tayou
’
s previous auction record twice over, selling for £75,000 and £68,
750 respectively.
The auction saw the first appearance
of
works by Congolese artist,
Fr
éderic Trigo Piula, Nigerian Ruby
Onyinyechi Amanze, and Mozambican Bertina Lopes.
Hannah O
’
Leary, Head
of
Modern and Contemporary African Art
at
Sotheby
’
s,
commented:
“
We
saw
international interest for good quality works from acros
s the continent. There was
an
immense amount
of
pre-sale enthusiasm for Papa Ibra Tall
’
s
The Warrior
, and this was reflected
in
the saleroom with
an
intense
bidding battle on
an
extraordinary price. Overall,
it
was satisfying
to
see such a broad range of artists
achieving top prices.
Sotheby’s in London recently presented the third dedicated sale of Modern and Contemporary African Art, realising $2,986,935 million against a pre-sale estimate of $2.3 million.
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