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- Estimate
- £200,000–£300,000 hammer ≈ $257,692–$386,538
- Result
- upcoming — 6 March 2025
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale , London · 6 March 2025
- Dimensions
- 75 x 48 ½in. (190.5 x 122.5cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3180932
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3180932 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3180932
Chris Ofili, Head of an Afronaught. Christie's, 6 Mar 2025, lot 270. estimate £200,000–£300,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3180932.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
87% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,019 held-out lots the model scored about 86%, 80% sold.
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Chris Ofili, Head of an Afronaught. Christie's, 6 Mar 2025, lot 270. estimate £200,000–£300,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3180932.
From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale · Mar 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life) | Barbara Kruger | £150,000–£200,000 | upcoming |
| Watching over you | Tracey Emin | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life) | Barbara Kruger | £20,000–£30,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Keith Haring | £150,000–£200,000 | upcoming |
| Gefängis (Kabir + Daktyl) (Prison (Cabir + Dactyl)) | Joseph Beuys | — | upcoming |
| Study 2 for Praise | Bridget Riley | £80,000–£120,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Ofili | Black Triangle 1 | $325,000 | Sotheby's, May 2018 | |
| Chris Ofili | Rara & Mala | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Chris Ofili | Charmant Eigh t | Christie's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Chris Ofili | The Naked Spirit of Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black | Phillips, May 2019 | ||
| Chris Ofili | Triple Couple | Christie's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Chris Ofili | Cupid's Wings | Christie's, Feb 2015 | ||
| Chris Ofili | Charmant eight | Sotheby's, Oct 2011 | ||
| Chris Ofili | Ovid-Windfall | Sotheby's, May 2024 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.