Johnson Eziefula
Siesta
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 17.640 GBP
Price realised: 17.640 GBP
Description
JOHNSON EZIEFULA (B. 1998)
Siesta
signed, titled, inscribed and dated '"Siesta" 2023 Johnson Eziefula "Let's not pretend sadness doesn't exist, this is where our sorrows meet"' (on the reverse)
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
45 1⁄8 x 35 5⁄8in. (114.5 x 90.5cm.)
Executed in 2023
Siesta
signed, titled, inscribed and dated '"Siesta" 2023 Johnson Eziefula "Let's not pretend sadness doesn't exist, this is where our sorrows meet"' (on the reverse)
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
45 1⁄8 x 35 5⁄8in. (114.5 x 90.5cm.)
Executed in 2023
A top price for Johnson Eziefula
In October this year Christies in London held the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, which included the work Siesta by Johnson Eziefula. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 17,640.00 (€ 20,255.62), 47% above the upper estimate. With this result, Siesta is even the most expensive work of art by Johnson Eziefula that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Johnson Eziefula
Im Oktober diesen Jahres führte Christies in London die Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Siesta von Johnson Eziefula zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 17.640,00 (€ 20.255,62) und damit 47% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Siesta sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Johnson Eziefula, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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