Hussein Shariffe
Songlines: For Bruce Chatwin
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 GBP
Price realised: 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 35.000 GBP
Description
HUSSEIN SHARIFFE
Sudanese
1934-2005
SONGLINES: FOR BRUCE CHATWIN
signed and dated 1990-92 (lower left)
oil on canvas
139 by 133cm., 54¾ by 52¼in.
Acquired directly from the estate of the artist by the present owner
Sudanese
1934-2005
SONGLINES: FOR BRUCE CHATWIN
signed and dated 1990-92 (lower left)
oil on canvas
139 by 133cm., 54¾ by 52¼in.
Acquired directly from the estate of the artist by the present owner
A top price for Hussein Shariffe
This artwork by Hussein Shariffe achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in October 2019. In the Modern and Contemporary African Art auction, the work Songlines: For Bruce Chatwin sold for GBP 35,000.00 (€ 40,597.49) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 18,000.00. This high result makes Songlines: For Bruce Chatwin the most expensive artwork by Hussein Shariffe that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Hussein Shariffe
Dieses Kunstwerk von Hussein Shariffe erzielte im Oktober 2019 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern and Contemporary African Art wurde die Arbeit Songlines: For Bruce Chatwin für GBP 35.000,00 (€ 40.597,49) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 18.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Songlines: For Bruce Chatwin zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Hussein Shariffe, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Hussein Shariffe - Auction history
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