Ben Enwonwu’s well-known “Negritude” sold for N25,850,000 ($ 71,806) to emerge the bestselling lot at the Arthouse Contemporary Limited’s 21st Modern and Contemporary Art Auction held on Tuesday, November 20 at the Kia Showroom along Adeola Odeku Street in the up-market Victoria Island neighbourhood, Lagos. The 1991 80 X 53 cm watercolour on paper work was estimated to sell between N30,000,000 and 45,000,000 ($ 83,400 and 125,000).
Also at the auction, which began at about 6 pm, another well-known work by the artist – a 109cm fibre glass sculpture – “Africa Dances” sold for N16,450,000 ($ 45,694). This was a work that was estimated to sell between N 15,000,000 and 25,000,000 ($ 41,700 and 69,500).
Bruce Onobrakpeya’s 147 X 208 cm metal foil relief work “Good Governance”, which was estimated to sell between N6,000,000 and 8,000,000…
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