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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $18,361–$24,482
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary African Art, London · 21 March 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5108138
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Obiora Udechukwu, The Burden of Entrepreneurship. Sotheby's, 21 Mar 2023, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5108138.
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Obiora Udechukwu, The Burden of Entrepreneurship. Sotheby's, 21 Mar 2023, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5108138.
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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 | |
| Blue Cup | Oluwole Omofemi | £25,000–£35,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obiora Udechukwu | Delicate burden | $37,451 | Bonhams, Mar 2026 | |
| Bertina Lopes | Sans titre, 1977 | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Chéri Samba | J'aime la Couleur, 2004 | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Gerard Sekoto | Portrait of a Young Boy | Strauss & Co, May 2025 | ||
| El Anatsui | Nsukka Shrine, 1979 55 x 46 x 5 cm. (21 3/4 x18 x 2 in.) | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Chéri Samba | chéri samba | village chéri samba | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 | ||
| Chéri Samba | Grands sages de la peinture | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | ||
| El Anatsui | Diaspora | Phillips, Oct 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.