Lot 49 · Modern & Contemporary African Art Online
The Music Maker of the Forest (unframed)
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,438–$3,657
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Modern & Contemporary African Art Online, London, New Bond Street · 3 August 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-523408
- Record
- first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-523408 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-523408
Twins Seven-seven, The Music Maker of the Forest (unframed). Bonhams, 3 Aug 2022, lot 49. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-523408.
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Twins Seven-seven, The Music Maker of the Forest (unframed). Bonhams, 3 Aug 2022, lot 49. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-523408.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary African Art Online · Aug 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mother and Child (Interior scene) | Eve De Negri | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| At the Market (framed) | Ebenezer Akinola | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| A Spanish Street (unframed) | Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Spanish Lady (framed) | Christo Coetzee | £1,000–£2,000 | |
| Two oils (i-ii): | Christo Coetzee | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Untitled (unframed) | Gebre Kristos Desta | £3,000–£5,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twins Seven-seven | Evan & Juliet Highet in a Collective Mood (framed) | $3,874 | Bonhams, Mar 2024 | |
| Twins Seven-seven | Hunter with a strange figure | Bonhams, Jul 2023 | ||
| Twins Seven-seven | African Buffalo & Tortoise Race (framed) | Bonhams, Mar 2024 | ||
| Twins Seven-seven | A Sickly Gold Dealer Ghost and the Poisonous Snake | Bonhams, Oct 2018 | ||
| Twins Seven-seven | The King of Birds, No. I | Freeman's | Hindman, Feb 2026 | ||
| Ato Delaquis | Market roofs | Bonhams, Nov 2025 | ||
| Twins Seven-seven | Dream of atired hunter | Bonhams, Nov 2025 | ||
| Twins Seven-seven | Oshogbo Deity | Bonhams, Apr 2021 |
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.