Lot 30 · The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2023 Benefit Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Gold Pastures
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- Estimate
- $15,000–$20,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2023 Benefit Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s, New York · 31 January 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5097255
- Record
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Yaw Owusu, Gold Pastures. Sotheby's, 31 Jan 2023, lot 30. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5097255.
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Yaw Owusu, Gold Pastures. Sotheby's, 31 Jan 2023, lot 30. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5097255.
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From the same sale The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2023 Benefit Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s · Jan 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Neck | Serge Attukwei Clottey | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Transition | Willie Bester | $8,000–$10,000 | |
| Seeing With a Listening Ear and a Question of Time | — | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| All My Emos | — | $3,500–$4,500 | |
| I See It, Do You?, 2021 | — | $1,200–$1,800 | |
| Joy In Spite of Everything II | Mongezi Ncaphayi | $2,000–$3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaw Owusu | Places Without Borders, 2020 (framed) | $16,569 | Bonhams, Mar 2025 | |
| Esther Mahlangu | Untitled (framed) | Bonhams, Mar 2024 | ||
| Serge Attukwei Clottey | Anyema | Sotheby's, Sep 2024 | ||
| Abdoulaye Diarrassouba "aboudia" | Portrait de Noutchy, 2020 (unframed) | Bonhams, Mar 2025 | ||
| Esther Mahlangu | Ndebele Patterns | Sotheby's, Sep 2024 | ||
| Esther Mahlangu | Sans titre, 2000 | Bonhams, Sep 2025 | ||
| Serge Attukwei Clottey | Mother and Child | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Esther Mahlangu | Ndbele Abstract 26 | Phillips, Sep 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.