Samuel Fosso

Le Chef: Celui Qui A Vendu L’Afrique Aux Colons (The Chief who Sold Africa to the Colonists)

Found at Christies, London
A Place With No Name: Works from the Sina Jina Collection, Lot 136
13. Oct - 13. Oct 2022
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 20.160 GBP
SAMUEL FOSSO (B. 1962)
Le Chef: Celui Qui A Vendu L’Afrique Aux Colons (The Chief who Sold Africa to the Colonists)
signed 'Samuel Fosso' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
C-print
image: 33 3/4 x 34in. (85.8 x 86.5cm.)
sheet: 39 3/8 x 39 3/8in. (100 x 100cm.)
Executed in 1997, this work is number five from an edition of eight

Upper estimated price slightly exceeded

The work Le Chef: Celui Qui A Vendu L’Afrique Aux Colons (The Chief who Sold Africa to the Colonists) by Samuel Fosso was sold in the A Place With No Name: Works from the Sina Jina Collection auction at Christies in London in October last year. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 20,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 20,160.00 (€ 23,486.18). Other works by Samuel Fosso have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 22,680.00 (€ 26,643.16) in March 2021 for the work La femme américaine libérée des années 70, Tati Series, 1997.

Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen

Die Arbeit Le Chef: Celui Qui A Vendu L’Afrique Aux Colons (The Chief who Sold Africa to the Colonists) von Samuel Fosso wurde im Oktober letzten Jahres in der Auktion A Place With No Name: Works from the Sina Jina Collection bei Christies in London versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 20.160,00 (€ 23.486,18) einen neuen Besitzer. Andere Arbeiten von Samuel Fosso haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 22.680,00 (€ 26.643,16) im März 2021 für die Arbeit La femme américaine libérée des années 70, Tati Series, 1997 beobachtet.

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