Bruce Onobrakpeya
Four-fold screen with four Plastocast reliefs
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.738 GBP
Price realised: 5.738 GBP
Description
Bruce Onobrakpeya (Nigerian, born 1932)
Four-fold screen with four Plastocast reliefs
each Plastocast relief inscribed with artist's initials
four painted Plastocast reliefs on board in four-fold wooden screen
each Plastocast relief 68 x 23cm (26 3/4 x 9 1/16in)
screen closed 71 x 51.7 x 4.6cm (27 15/16 x 20 3/8 x 1 13/16in)
screen open 71 x 104 x 2.3cm (27 15/16 x 40 15/16 x 7/8in).
Acquired directly from the artist in Lagos by the present owners in the 1980s.
Four-fold screen with four Plastocast reliefs
each Plastocast relief inscribed with artist's initials
four painted Plastocast reliefs on board in four-fold wooden screen
each Plastocast relief 68 x 23cm (26 3/4 x 9 1/16in)
screen closed 71 x 51.7 x 4.6cm (27 15/16 x 20 3/8 x 1 13/16in)
screen open 71 x 104 x 2.3cm (27 15/16 x 40 15/16 x 7/8in).
Acquired directly from the artist in Lagos by the present owners in the 1980s.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In March last year Bonhams in London held the auction Modern & Contemporary African Art, which included the work Four-fold screen with four Plastocast reliefs by Bruce Onobrakpeya. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 5,000.00 – 8,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 5,737.50 (€ 6,802.45) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Bruce Onobrakpeya achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Zaria Indigo in September 2020 with an auction result of USD 81,325.00 (€ 69,401.78).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im März letzten Jahres führte Bonhams in London die Auktion Modern & Contemporary African Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Four-fold screen with four Plastocast reliefs von Bruce Onobrakpeya zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 5.000,00 – 8.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 5.737,50 (€ 6.802,45) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Bruce Onobrakpeya erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Zaria Indigo im September 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 81.325,00 (€ 69.401,78).
Bruce Onobrakpeya - Auction history
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