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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,320–$7,980
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Modern & Contemporary African Art, London, New Bond Street · 19 March 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-058729
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Obiora Udechukwu, Portrait of a scientist. Bonhams, 19 Mar 2026, lot 67. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-058729.
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Obiora Udechukwu, Portrait of a scientist. Bonhams, 19 Mar 2026, lot 67. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-058729.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary African Art · Mar 2026
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A (Vertical), 2005 | Lisa Brice | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Walk Easy | Lisa Brice | £50,000–£80,000 | |
| "Metaforo del passado nello spazio" (Metaphor of Fantastic in Space) | Bertina Lopes | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| "Il canto della natura" (The song of nature) | Bertina Lopes | £7,000–£12,000 | |
| Untitled (unframed) | Lisa Brice | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Threshing | Stanley Faraday Pinker | £5,000–£8,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obiora Udechukwu | Delicate burden | $37,451 | Bonhams, Mar 2026 | |
| Chéri Samba | J'aime la Couleur | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Chéri Samba | Le petit Kadogo, 2008 | Artcurial, May 2022 | ||
| Gerard Sekoto | Portrait Bleu | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Gerard Sekoto | Senegalese Street Scene | Bonhams, Oct 2021 | ||
| El Anatsui | Towards the Fire Bodies Unknown, 1989 61 x 143 x 3.5cm (24 x | Bonhams, Mar 2024 | ||
| Gerard Sekoto | Casamance Dancers (framed) | Bonhams, Oct 2022 | ||
| Obiora Udechukwu | The Burden of Entrepreneurship | Sotheby's, Mar 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.