Samuel Fosso
Le Chef: Celui a Vendu L'afrique aux Colons, Tati Series, 1997
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Description
Samuel Fosso
Cameroonian
b.1962
Le Chef: Celui a Vendu L'afrique aux Colons, Tati Series, 1997
signed, titled, dated and numbered 6/12 on label bearing further information about the work in facsimile affixed to the frame verso
chromogenic print, printed 2003
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
Le Chef: Celui a Vendu L'afrique aux Colons, Tati Series, 1997
signed, titled, dated and numbered 6/12 on label bearing further information about the work in facsimile affixed to the frame verso
chromogenic print, printed 2003
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
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Le Chef: Celui a Vendu L'afrique aux Colons, Tati Series, 1997 by Samuel Fosso was sold in the Modern and Contemporary African Art auction at Sothebys in London in October 2021. The price achieved of GBP 6,300.00 (€ 7,463.80) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 5,000.00 – 7,000.00. 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Le Chef: Celui a Vendu L'afrique aux Colons, Tati Series, 1997 von Samuel Fosso wurde im Oktober 2021 in der Auktion Modern and Contemporary African Art bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 6.300,00 (€ 7.463,80) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 5.000,00 – 7.000,00 angegeben worden. 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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