El Anatsui

Curtain (yellow / orange)

Found at Bonhams, London
Modern & Contemporary African Art, Lot 18
17. Mar - 17. Mar 2021
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 14.000 GBP
El Anatsui (Ghanaian, born 1944)
Curtain (yellow / orange)
signed and dated "EL 88" (lower right)
printed cloth
292 x 128cm (114 15/16 x 50 3/8in); 86 x 128cm (33 7/8 x 50 3/8in) image size
Mr Christoph Ludzuweit; | A private collection.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 40 %.

In March 2021 Bonhams in London held the auction Modern & Contemporary African Art, which included the work Curtain (yellow / orange) by El Anatsui. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 14,000.00 (€ 16,446.39), 40% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by El Anatsui achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Prophet in May this year with an auction result of USD 2,228,000.00 (€ 2,091,233.34).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 40 % übertroffen

Im März 2021 führte Bonhams in London die Auktion Modern & Contemporary African Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Curtain (yellow / orange) von El Anatsui zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 14.000,00 (€ 16.446,39) und damit 40% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von El Anatsui erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Prophet im Mai diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.228.000,00 (€ 2.091.233,34).

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