South African, 1913–1993
Gerard Sekoto
296results on record
80%sell-through
$22,315median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$542,500record in our coverage
Drawn from 296 recorded results (237 sold · 59 passed) across 7 auction houses, 1999–2026. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.
Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
| Medium | Results | Sell-through | Median result (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| painting | 30 | 85% | $27,876 |
| works on paper | 25 | 72% | $12,140 |
| prints | 3 | 67% | $2,352 |
Medium is recorded for 58 of 296 results (20%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Irma Stern Gerard Sekoto Irma Stern
| Metric | Gerard Sekoto | Irma Stern |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $22,315 | $27,095 |
| Record price | $542,500 | $2,643,302 |
| Results on record | 296 | 635 |
| Years active at auction | 1999–2026 | 2005–2026 |
Related artists: Irma SternJacob Hendrik PierneefWilliam KentridgeMaggie
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
82/ 100
- Sell-through80%
- Meets estimate78%
- Market depth296 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonhams | 139 | 79% | $29,411 | 0.84× |
| Strauss & Co | 121 | 81% | $19,458 | 1.00× |
| Sotheby's | 28 | 85% | $25,325 | 2.13× |
| Christie's | 3 | — | $33,588 | — |
| Aurora & Athena | 1 | 100% | $32,498 | 3.21× |
| PASAREL | 3 | 33% | $3,750 | 0.46× |
| Finarte | 1 | 0% | — | — |
The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →
Prices realized 296 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 59 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·06 | Pensive Young Woman | oil on canvas | $30,333–$42,466 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2026·05 | Horse and Cart, Sophiatown | oil on canvasboard | $183,405–$244,540 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2026·05 | White Turban | oil on board | $15,284–$21,397 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2026·03 | Game of Draughts in a Crowd | oil on canvasboard | $46,778–$70,168 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2026·03 | Portrait of a Man in Blue | Oil on Canvas | $6,933–$9,244 | Aurora & Athena | ||
| 2026·03 | Portrait of a girl | $15,959–$23,939 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·03 | Street scene | $7,980–$11,969 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·11 | Conversation | watercolour and gouache on paper laid down on board | $8,123–$10,444 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·11 | Three Women in Conversation | oil on canvasboard | $58,022–$87,033 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·11 | Walking Figures | gouache on paper | $11,604–$17,407 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·11 | Township Scene with Women | gouache on paper | $8,123–$10,444 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·10 | Portrait of a young boy | $20,114–$26,818 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·10 | Portrait of a lady wearing a beret | $80,454–$120,682 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·10 | The morning ride | $40,227–$67,045 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·10 | Untitled | $20,114–$26,818 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·10 | Boy with a turban | $40,227–$67,045 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·09 | Sans titre | $7,054–$10,580 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·09 | Sans titre, 1966 | $5,878–$9,405 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·09 | Women in the Township | oil on canvas | $10,370–$13,826 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·09 | Market Scene, Senegal | gouache on paper | $12,674–$16,131 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·09 | Dancing Figures in Blue | gouache on paper | $10,370–$13,826 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·07 | Dancing Figures in Blue | gouache on paper | $11,378–$17,067 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·06 | The Conversation in the Street | gouache on paper | $8,458–$11,278 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·05 | Portrait of a Young Boy | oil on canvas | $11,164–$16,746 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·05 | The Mother on the Road | oil on canvasboard | $111,640–$167,460 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·05 | Walking Figures | oil on canvas | $27,910–$39,074 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·05 | Figures in Conversation | mixed media on paper | $3,277–$4,369 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·04 | Women in the Township | oil on canvas | $10,911–$16,367 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·04 | Portrait | oil on canvas laid down on board | $32,734–$43,645 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·04 | Penny Whistlers | watercolour and gouache on paper | $10,911–$16,367 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·04 | West African Figures | ink on paper | $3,819–$4,910 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2025·03 | Township | $9,061–$12,944 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·03 | Portrait of a Lady | $51,777–$77,665 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·03 | The Artist's Brother | $129,442–$194,163 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·03 | Mother & Child | $38,833–$64,721 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·03 | Portrait | $9,061–$12,944 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·02 | Street Games, Soweto | gouache on paper laid down on board | $21,693–$32,540 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2024·10 | Woman's head | $7,820–$10,427 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·10 | Portrait of a Boy | $7,820–$11,731 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·10 | Interior with woman, Sophiatown | $156,407–$234,610 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·10 | Figures in Conversation | watercolour and gouache on paper | $1,701–$2,834 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2024·09 | Village Scene | $9,372–$12,050 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·09 | Portrait of a Boy, c.1950s | $24,100–$33,472 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·09 | Man Smoking | $13,389–$20,083 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·09 | Portrait of a Child | $8,033–$10,711 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·09 | Children at the Beach | oil on canvas laid down on board | $19,849–$25,520 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2024·05 | Girl in Blue | gouache on paper | $13,640–$19,097 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2024·05 | Policeman Checking Papers, Paris | oil on paper | $10,912–$16,369 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2024·05 | The Bridge | oil on canvas laid down on board | $10,912–$16,369 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2024·05 | Mother and Child | oil on canvas laid down on board | $21,825–$32,737 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2024·05 | Two Striding Figures | oil on board | $9,821–$13,095 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2024·03 | The Afternoon | $12,611–$18,916 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·03 | Woman's head (framed) | $10,089–$15,133 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·03 | Village Scene | $8,911–$11,457 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·03 | Senegal and Paris | oil on canvas board | $15,850–$21,133 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2024·03 | Street Conversation | gouache on paper | $7,925–$10,566 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2023·11 | Children at Play, Eastwood, Pretoria | oil on canvasboard | $152,256–$174,007 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2023·11 | Walking Figures | oil on board | $16,313–$27,189 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2023·10 | La fille avec turban | $36,366–$60,610 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | Village Scene | $12,122–$18,183 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | The Casamance Dancers and the River Seine (framed) | $36,931–$61,552 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·05 | Township Scene | gouache on paper | $10,488–$15,732 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2023·05 | Village Scene | oil on board | $15,732–$20,976 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2023·05 | Up Prinsloo Street | oil on canvas laid down on board | $131,099–$183,538 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2023·03 | Untitled (framed) | $3,680–$6,133 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·03 | Donkeys (framed) | $98,129–$147,194 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·03 | Portrait of a Woman | $22,034–$29,378 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·02 | Prayer in Church | oil on canvasboard | $162,936–$217,249 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2023·02 | Mother and Baby | oil on canvas | $24,440–$32,587 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2022·10 | Exposition Peintures Sud-Africaines par Gerard Sekoto (Hand-Painted Exhibition Poster) | $3,373–$4,497 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·10 | Senegalese Women | $13,492–$20,239 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·10 | Blue Head | $20,239–$26,985 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·10 | Untitled (framed) | $16,860–$22,480 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·10 | Casamance Dancers (framed) | $33,720–$56,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·10 | The Penny Whistlers (framed) | $56,200–$78,680 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·10 | Woman crossing the road (framed) | $56,200–$89,920 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·10 | A Senegal village path (framed) | $44,960–$67,440 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·10 | Three Senegalese ladies 55 x 47cm. | $44,960–$67,440 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·10 | Untitled (framed) | $4,496–$6,744 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·10 | Three Children 79 x 99cm (31 1/8 x 39in). (framed) | $112,400–$168,600 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·09 | Group Talking | oil on board | $22,658–$33,987 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2022·09 | In the Fields | oil on canvas | $10,196–$13,595 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2022·09 | The Mandebele Girls | oil on canvas | $22,658–$33,987 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2022·07 | Casamance Dancers and Policeman | colour lithograph on paper | $477–$716 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2022·05 | Sans titre, 1959 | $7,368–$10,525 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·04 | Woman Walking with Dog | gouache on paper | $10,314–$13,752 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2022·03 | Portrait Bleu | $46,359–$59,605 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·03 | Exposition Peintures Sud-Africaines par Gerard Sekoto (Hand-Painted Exhibition Poster) | $6,623–$9,272 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·03 | African street scene | $10,596–$15,895 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·03 | Three figures with bicycle. Sophiatown, circa 1940-42 | $131,542–$197,314 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·03 | Portrait of a youth | $52,617–$78,925 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·03 | The Bicycle | $26,308–$39,463 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·03 | Nude Study | $19,731–$26,308 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·01 | Abstract Composition with Buildings, Figures and Animals, Ink and Gouache on Paper, 1961 | $5,000–$8,000 | PASAREL | |||
| 2021·11 | Casamance Dancers and Policeman | gouache on card | $19,742–$26,323 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2021·11 | Township Scene | gouache on card | $11,845–$15,794 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2021·10 | The Afternoon | $16,360–$24,540 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·10 | A township street scene | $5,453–$8,180 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·10 | Senegalese Street Scene | $47,717–$68,167 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·08 | Abstract Composition with Buildings, Figures and Animals, Ink and Gouache on Paper, 1961 | $5,000–$8,000 | PASAREL | |||
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