Pieter Hugo
Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 56.250 GBP
Price realised: 56.250 GBP
Description
digital C-print
signed, titled, dated and numbered '8/9' in ink (verso)
image: 39 x 39 in. (99 x 99 cm.)
sheet: 44 x 44 in. (111.7 x 111.7 cm.)
This work is number eight from the sold-out edition of nine, plus two artist's proofs.
Yossi Milo Gallery, Inc., New York. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
signed, titled, dated and numbered '8/9' in ink (verso)
image: 39 x 39 in. (99 x 99 cm.)
sheet: 44 x 44 in. (111.7 x 111.7 cm.)
This work is number eight from the sold-out edition of nine, plus two artist's proofs.
Yossi Milo Gallery, Inc., New York. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
A top price for Pieter Hugo
This artwork by Pieter Hugo achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in May 2018. In the Photographs auction, the work Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005 sold for GBP 56,250.00 (€ 64,053.66) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 20,000.00. This high result makes Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005 the most expensive artwork by Pieter Hugo that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Pieter Hugo
Dieses Kunstwerk von Pieter Hugo erzielte im Mai 2018 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005 für GBP 56.250,00 (€ 64.053,66) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Pieter Hugo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Pieter Hugo - Auction history
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