Samuel Fosso
La Femme Américaine Libérée Des Années 70, Tati Series
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.820 GBP
Price realised: 8.820 GBP
Description
Samuel Fosso
Cameroonian
b.1962
La Femme Américaine Libérée Des Années 70, Tati Series
signed, titled, dated and numbered 1/12 on label bearing further information about the work in facsimile affixed to the frame verso
chromogenic print, printed 2004
47 by 47cm., 18½ by 18½in. (image); 60.5 by 50cm., 23¾ by 19¾in.(sheet)
Framed: 69.5 by 69cm., 27¼ by 27in.
Galleria Extraspazio, Rome | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Cameroonian
b.1962
La Femme Américaine Libérée Des Années 70, Tati Series
signed, titled, dated and numbered 1/12 on label bearing further information about the work in facsimile affixed to the frame verso
chromogenic print, printed 2004
47 by 47cm., 18½ by 18½in. (image); 60.5 by 50cm., 23¾ by 19¾in.(sheet)
Framed: 69.5 by 69cm., 27¼ by 27in.
Galleria Extraspazio, Rome | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 26 %.
In October 2021 Sothebys in London held the auction Modern and Contemporary African Art, which included the work La Femme Américaine Libérée Des Années 70, Tati Series by Samuel Fosso. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 8,820.00 (€ 10,449.32), 26% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Samuel Fosso - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work La femme américaine libérée des années 70, Tati Series, 1997, which sold at auction in March 2021 for GBP 22,680.00 (€ 26,643.16).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 26 % übertroffen
Im Oktober 2021 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Modern and Contemporary African Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit La Femme Américaine Libérée Des Années 70, Tati Series von Samuel Fosso zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 8.820,00 (€ 10.449,32) und damit 26% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Samuel Fosso mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit La femme américaine libérée des années 70, Tati Series, 1997 beobachtet, die im März 2021 für GBP 22.680,00 (€ 26.643,16) versteigert wurde.
Samuel Fosso - Auction history
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