Akinola Lasekan
Portrait of a Yoruba Lady
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 15.250 GBP
Price realised: 15.250 GBP
Description
Akinola Lasekan (Nigerian, 1921-1972)
Portrait of a Yoruba Lady
signed 'Akinola Lasekan' (lower right); bears inscription 'Onileku, Akinola Lasekan' and 'K A Player, QES' (verso)
oil on board
50 x 40cm (19 11/16 x 15 3/4in).
Ms Kathleen A Player.
Portrait of a Yoruba Lady
signed 'Akinola Lasekan' (lower right); bears inscription 'Onileku, Akinola Lasekan' and 'K A Player, QES' (verso)
oil on board
50 x 40cm (19 11/16 x 15 3/4in).
Ms Kathleen A Player.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 27 %.
The work Portrait of a Yoruba Lady by Akinola Lasekan was auctioned at Bonhams in London in October 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 15,250.00 (€ 18,067.13), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 27%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Akinola Lasekan - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Portrait of a girl wearing a headscarf, which sold at auction in March 2020 for GBP 43,812.00 (€ 49,472.72).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 27 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Portrait of a Yoruba Lady von Akinola Lasekan kam im Oktober 2021 bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 15.250,00 (€ 18.067,13) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 27%. Für andere Arbeiten von Akinola Lasekan mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Portrait of a girl wearing a headscarf beobachtet, die im März 2020 für GBP 43.812,00 (€ 49.472,72) versteigert wurde.
Akinola Lasekan - Auction history
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