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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,661–$8,491
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary African Art, London · 28 March 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4645857
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Virginia Chihota, raising your own (kurera wako). Sotheby's, 28 Mar 2018, lot 106. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4645857.
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Virginia Chihota, raising your own (kurera wako). Sotheby's, 28 Mar 2018, lot 106. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4645857.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary African Art · Mar 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| market intrigues | Ablade Glover | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| tricky | Ransome Stanley | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| les bras môgô du ghetto 2 | Armand Boua | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| douala tonight | Boris Nzebo | £6,000–£9,000 | |
| moonlight | Driss Ouadahi | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| no.2 background 3 | Dawit Abebe | £5,000–£8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Chihota | raising your own (kurera wako) | $6,118 | Sotheby's, May 2017 | |
| Virginia Chihota | Raiding Your Own (Kurera Wako), 2014 | Bonhams, Nov 2020 | ||
| Ablade Glover | Untitled | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| William Kentridge | Dancer in Red Sash | Strauss & Co, Jul 2026 | ||
| William Kentridge | Delve and Stroke | Strauss & Co, Feb 2025 | ||
| William Kentridge | Levitation | Strauss & Co, Mar 2023 | ||
| William Kentridge | 2nd Hand Reading, drawings and book | Strauss & Co, Jul 2021 | ||
| Ablade Glover | Market Scene | Bonhams, Mar 2026 |
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.