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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $8,090–$10,787
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary African Art, London · 31 March 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4913420
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Hussein Shariffe, Moons and Upside Down Mountain. Sotheby's, 31 Mar 2021, lot 67. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4913420.
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Hussein Shariffe, Moons and Upside Down Mountain. Sotheby's, 31 Mar 2021, lot 67. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4913420.
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From the same sale Modern and Contemporary African Art · Mar 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woman in Profile | Ablade Glover | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Untitled | Joy Labinjo | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Mute Lives | — | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Africa Dances | Ben Enwonwu | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Mallam Umaru Ahmadu with Amita, Abuja, Nigeria, The Hyena Men Series, 2005 | Pieter Hugo | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Portrait d'Anna | Iba Ndiaye | £15,000–£20,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hussein Shariffe | Untitled, c.1990s | $11,014 | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2023 | |
| Hussein Shariffe | Untitled | Bonhams, Oct 2019 | ||
| Hussein Shariffe | Moonbird | Bonhams, May 2025 | ||
| Hussein Shariffe | hussein shariffe | the house of winds | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 | ||
| Hussein Shariffe | Aba Island | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Gerard Sekoto | Portrait | Bonhams, Mar 2025 | ||
| William Kentridge | Universal Archive (Ref 21) Version D | Strauss & Co, Nov 2023 | ||
| William Kentridge | The Full Stop Swallows the Sentence | Strauss & Co, Sep 2023 |
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