Nirit Takele

A Boy with a Yellow Jerrycan

Found at Sothebys, London
Modern and Contemporary African Art, Lot 74
31. Mar - 31. Mar 2021
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.190 GBP
Nirit Takele
Ethiopian
b.1985
A Boy with a Yellow Jerrycan
signed, titled and dated 2018 (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
100 by 100cm., 39¼ by 39¼in.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 64 %.

In March 2021 Sothebys in London held the auction Modern and Contemporary African Art, which included the work A Boy with a Yellow Jerrycan by Nirit Takele. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 8,190.00 (€ 9,621.14), 64% above the upper estimate. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Nirit Takele; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot without title sold at auction in December 2021 with the realized price of GBP 9,450.00 (€ 11,271.87).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 64 % übertroffen

Im März 2021 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Modern and Contemporary African Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Boy with a Yellow Jerrycan von Nirit Takele zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 8.190,00 (€ 9.621,14) und damit 64% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Nirit Takele; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit ohne Titel im Dezember 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 9.450,00 (€ 11.271,87).

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