Virginia Chihota
Raising Your Own (Kurera Wako)
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Modern and Contemporary African Art, Lot 8
16. May - 16. May 2017
Modern and Contemporary African Art, Lot 8
16. May - 16. May 2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Virginia Chihota
B. 1983
RAISING YOUR OWN (KURERA WAKO)
signed and dated 2014 (lower right)
drawing and screen print on paper
189 by 152.4cm., 74½ by 60in.
Executed in 2014
Tiwani Contemporary, 2015 | Acquired from the above by present owner
B. 1983
RAISING YOUR OWN (KURERA WAKO)
signed and dated 2014 (lower right)
drawing and screen print on paper
189 by 152.4cm., 74½ by 60in.
Executed in 2014
Tiwani Contemporary, 2015 | Acquired from the above by present owner
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Virginia Chihota could be acquired at Sothebys in London in May 2017 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Modern and Contemporary African Art auction, the work Raising Your Own (Kurera Wako) changed hands for GBP 4,750.00 (€ 5,455.57) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 5,000.00 – 8,000.00. Other works by Virginia Chihota have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in March 2018 by the work Zimbabweanraising Your Own (Kurera Wako) at GBP 5,000.00 (€ 5,692.78).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Virginia Chihota konnte im Mai 2017 bei Sothebys in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Modern and Contemporary African Art wechselte die Arbeit Raising Your Own (Kurera Wako) für GBP 4.750,00 (€ 5.455,57) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 5.000,00 – 8.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Virginia Chihota wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im März 2018 die Arbeit Zimbabweanraising Your Own (Kurera Wako) mit GBP 5.000,00 (€ 5.692,78).
Virginia Chihota - Auction history
