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- Estimate
- £25,000–£35,000 hammer ≈ $33,708–$47,192
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary African Art, London · 21 March 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5107978
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Oluwole Omofemi, Blue Cup. Sotheby's, 21 Mar 2023, lot 25. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5107978.
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Oluwole Omofemi, Blue Cup. Sotheby's, 21 Mar 2023, lot 25. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5107978.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary African Art · Mar 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seeheim, South West Africa | Stanley F. Pinker | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Set to Flourish I | — | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Amoke | — | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Lemon-Aid III | Negyem Adonoo | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Zonk'zizwe, Green Market Square, Cape Town, Somnyama Ngonyama - Hail … | Zanele Muholi | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| While Fernando Augusto Luta washed his clothes, Augusto Mokinda (13),… | David Goldblatt | £3,000–£5,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oluwole Omofemi | Metamorphosis I | $52,920 | Sotheby's, May 2022 | |
| Oluwole Omofemi | Sisters II | Phillips, Mar 2022 | ||
| Oluwole Omofemi | Untitled | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Oluwole Omofemi | Me and You | Phillips, Jun 2022 | ||
| Oluwole Omofemi | Wingless Angel | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Oluwole Omofemi | Omodunni | Phillips, Apr 2022 | ||
| Oluwole Omofemi | Perception | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Oluwole Omofemi | The Gatekeeper | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 |
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.