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Sotheby's realises $2.9mn against a pre-sale estimate of $2.3 million at African art auction

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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.

sothebys art elite living africaSotheby’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.

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  bottlecaps  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  offer  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,  Fréderic  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  across  the  continent.  There  was  an  immense  amount  ofpre-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.