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- Estimate
- £5,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $7,076–$11,322
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary African Art, London · 28 March 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4645934
- Record
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Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, solitude. Sotheby's, 28 Mar 2018, lot 25. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4645934.
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Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, solitude. Sotheby's, 28 Mar 2018, lot 25. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4645934.
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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 | |
| raising your own (kurera wako) | Virginia Chihota | £4,000–£6,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga | Elongated Head | $14,489 | Sotheby's, May 2017 | |
| Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga | Voile, 2014 | Bonhams, Mar 2019 | ||
| William Kentridge | Palm Trees | Strauss & Co, May 2023 | ||
| William Kentridge | Blue Rubrics (WAIT, WAIT; and WHO NEEDS WORDS (the whisperin | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| William Kentridge | Untitled (Lioness and Crate) | Strauss & Co, Nov 2025 | ||
| Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga | L'homme Mangbetu | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| William Kentridge | That Which I Do Not Remember, from Triumphs and Laments | Phillips, Jun 2025 | ||
| Chéri Samba | Je suis un Rebelle, 1999 | Bonhams, Mar 2023 |
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.