Lot 113 · London Contemporary
Nooca
Chris Ofili · oil, acrylic, paper collage, resin, elephant dung, glitter and beads on canvas
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- Estimate
- £300,000–£400,000 hammer ≈ $532,211–$709,615
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — LONDON CONTEMPORARY, London · 23 October 2005
- Dimensions
- 74½ x 48 x 6½in. (189.2 x 121.9 x 16.5cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5761187
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-5761187 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5761187
Chris Ofili, Nooca. Christie's, 23 Oct 2005, lot 113. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5761187.
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Chris Ofili, Nooca. Christie's, 23 Oct 2005, lot 113. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5761187.
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From the same sale London Contemporary · Oct 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eating Buggers (Version II) | Bruce Nauman | £140,000–£180,000 | |
| Ohne Titel | Matthias Weischer | £18,000–£22,000 | |
| Untitled (Two men throwing bombs from a balloon) | Wilhelm Sasnal | £18,000–£22,000 | |
| Saving the tree | Hiroshi Sugimoto | £10,000–£12,000 | |
| Mondrian (blau/weiß) | Tim Eitel | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Untitled (House) | Dirk Skreber | £80,000–£120,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Ofili | Triple Couple | $544,055 | Christie's, Oct 2024 | |
| Chris Ofili | The Naked Spirit of Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black | Phillips, May 2019 | ||
| Chris Ofili | blue riders (eye for eye, tooth for tooth) | Sotheby's, Feb 2011 | ||
| Chris Ofili | Rara & Mala | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Chris Ofili | Still Smoking | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | ||
| David Hockney | The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (t | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Chris Ofili | Black Triangle 1 | Sotheby's, May 2018 | ||
| Chris Ofili | Homage | Phillips, Jun 2015 |
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.