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El Anatsui
Wastepaper Basket
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Modern & Contemporary African Art | and CCA Lagos Benefit Auction, Lot 38
15. Mar - 22. Mar 2022
Modern & Contemporary African Art | and CCA Lagos Benefit Auction, Lot 38
15. Mar - 22. Mar 2022
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 138.600 GBP
Price realised: 138.600 GBP
Description
El Anatsui
Ghanaian
b. 1944
Wastepaper Basket
Executed 2003
aluminium and copperwire
243cm., 95¾in.
The October Gallery, London | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2007 | Bonhams, Post-War & Contemporary Art, London, 3 October 2019, Lot 32 | Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Ghanaian
b. 1944
Wastepaper Basket
Executed 2003
aluminium and copperwire
243cm., 95¾in.
The October Gallery, London | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2007 | Bonhams, Post-War & Contemporary Art, London, 3 October 2019, Lot 32 | Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Wastepaper Basket by El Anatsui was sold in the Modern & Contemporary African Art | and CCA Lagos Benefit Auction auction at Sothebys in London in March last year. It changed hands for a price of GBP 138,600.00 (€ 164,325.90) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 100,000.00 – 150,000.00. 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Wastepaper Basket von El Anatsui wurde im März letzten Jahres in der Auktion Modern & Contemporary African Art | and CCA Lagos Benefit Auction bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 138.600,00 (€ 164.325,90) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 100.000,00 – 150.000,00. 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).