Lot 355 · British and Continental Ceramics
Cameroon Seated Warrior and Seated Girl (c.1970)
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- Estimate
- $7,000–$9,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL CERAMICS, London (South Kensington) · 6 October 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6640830
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Irving Penn, Cameroon Seated Warrior and Seated Girl (c.1970). Christie's, 6 Oct 1998, lot 355. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6640830.
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Irving Penn, Cameroon Seated Warrior and Seated Girl (c.1970). Christie's, 6 Oct 1998, lot 355. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6640830.
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From the same sale British and Continental Ceramics · Oct 1998
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sculptor in a foundry; and Family portrait in a garden | DAGUERREIAN UNKNOWN (French) | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Portrait of Samuel Endicott Peabody, Richard Denison Rogers, William … | ALBERT LITCH AND JOHN ADAMS WHIPPLE (1822-1891) | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Three siblings | RODERICK M. COLE, Peoria, Illinois (Active 1846-59) | $2,500–$3,500 | |
| Portrait of two women with a letter | DAGUERREIAN UNKNOWN | $3,000–$4,000 | |
| Abraham Lincoln (1860) | ALEXANDER HESLER and GEORGE B. AYRES | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Portrait of Thomas Eakins, possibly a self-portrait | CIRCLE OF EAKINS OR THOMAS EAKINS | $6,000–$8,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Penn | VOGUE Fashion Portraits | $5,090 | SBI Art Auction, Jan 2026 | |
| Irving Penn | 'Father and Son with Eggs (Cuzco)' | Bonhams, Jul 2025 | ||
| Irving Penn | Duchess of Windsor, New York, May | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2022 | ||
| Irving Penn | Woman and child in a shopfront, India | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2016 | ||
| Irving Penn | New York Cartoonists | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | ||
| Irving Penn | Cigarette No. 17, New York | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Irving Penn | Chanel Zipper Belt (for 'Vogue') | Bonhams, Jan 2026 | ||
| Irving Penn | 'Alexandra Beller (D)' | Sotheby's, 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.