Lot 38 · Modern & Contemporary African Art
We break Kola to thank the sky under whose mercy we stand
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- Bonhams — Modern & Contemporary African Art, Online, London, New Bond Street · 19 November 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-026133
- Record
- first seen 19 Jul 2026 · updated 19 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Victor Ekpuk, We break Kola to thank the sky under whose mercy we stand. Bonhams, 19 Nov 2025, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-026133.
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Victor Ekpuk, We break Kola to thank the sky under whose mercy we stand. Bonhams, 19 Nov 2025, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-026133.
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| Little Deaths | Guy Du Toit | — | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Victor Ekpuk | Victor Ekpuk (Nigeria, né en 1964) | Bonhams, Nov 2022 | ||
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| Bertina Lopes | Sans titre, 1962 | Bonhams, Sep 2025 | ||
| Gonçalo Mabunda | Gonçalo Mabunda (Mozambique, né en 1975) | Bonhams, Nov 2022 | ||
| Bertina Lopes | "Il canto della natura" (The song of nature) | Bonhams, Jun 2026 | ||
| Gonçalo Mabunda | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2020 |
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