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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $13,483–$20,225
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary African Art, London · 21 March 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5108580
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Hussein Shariffe, Personnage. Sotheby's, 21 Mar 2023, lot 50. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5108580.
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Hussein Shariffe, Personnage. Sotheby's, 21 Mar 2023, lot 50. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5108580.
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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 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hussein Shariffe | hussein shariffe | untitled | $25,287 | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | |
| Hussein Shariffe | Aba Island | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Hussein Shariffe | Big Red | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Hussein Shariffe | Untitled | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Hussein Shariffe | hussein shariffe | the house of winds | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 | ||
| Hussein Shariffe | hussein shariffe| songlines: for bruce chatwin | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| William Kentridge | Sleeper Red, from Sleeper Series | Phillips, Oct 2024 | ||
| William Kentridge | Untitled (Self Portrait) | Strauss & Co, Sep 2025 |
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.