Dame Magdalene Odundo
Untitled
Found at
Sothebys,
London
British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary, Lot 32
29. Jun - 29. Jun 2021
British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary, Lot 32
29. Jun - 29. Jun 2021
Estimate: 60.000 - 90.000 GBP
Price realised: 378.000 GBP
Price realised: 378.000 GBP
Description
Property from the Biebuyck Family Collection
Dame Magdalene Odundo
b. 1950
Untitled
signed Odundo and dated 1986 (to the underside)
burnished and carbonised terracotta
height: 32cm.; 12½in.
Executed in 1986.
Sale, Bonhams London, 19 September 2006, lot 220, where acquired by the present owner
Dame Magdalene Odundo
b. 1950
Untitled
signed Odundo and dated 1986 (to the underside)
burnished and carbonised terracotta
height: 32cm.; 12½in.
Executed in 1986.
Sale, Bonhams London, 19 September 2006, lot 220, where acquired by the present owner
A top price for Magdalene Odundo
When this work without title by Magdalene Odundo was auctioned at Sothebys in London in June 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 90,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 378,000.00 (€ 440,468.26). This high result makes the work without title the most expensive artwork by Magdalene Odundo that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Magdalene Odundo
Als die Arbeit ohne Titel von Magdalene Odundo im Juni 2021 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 90.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 378.000,00 (€ 440.468,26) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht das Werk ohne Titel zum teuersten Kunstwerk von Magdalene Odundo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Magdalene Odundo - Auction history
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