Afewerk Tekle
Landscape
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.813 GBP
Price realised: 8.813 GBP
Description
Landscape
signed and dated 'afewerk tekle/ 1972 1964' (lower left)
oil on board
48.5 x 68cm (19 1/8 x 26 3/4in).
signed and dated 'afewerk tekle/ 1972 1964' (lower left)
oil on board
48.5 x 68cm (19 1/8 x 26 3/4in).
Upper estimate price exceeded by 47 %.
The work Landscape by Afewerk Tekle was sold in the Modern and Contemporary African Art auction at Bonhams in London in October 2020. It achieved a price of GBP 8,812.50 (€ 9,785.53), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 47%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Afewerk Tekle - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Ethiopian defender Of His Country, which sold at auction in October 2018 for GBP 32,500.00 (€ 36,649.97).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 47 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Landscape von Afewerk Tekle wurde im Oktober 2020 in der Auktion Modern and Contemporary African Art bei Bonhams in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 8.812,50 (€ 9.785,53) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 47%. Für andere Arbeiten von Afewerk Tekle mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Ethiopian defender Of His Country beobachtet, die im Oktober 2018 für GBP 32.500,00 (€ 36.649,97) versteigert wurde.
Afewerk Tekle - Auction history
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