Aspire Art Auctions partnered with Paris-based house Piasa, to introduce an Africa-focused auction presenting some of the best examples of modern and contemporary art produced on this continent. This was the first time an African and European auction house partnered to present a sale of African art, in Africa, for a global audience.
The sale included 139 artists representing 27 countries from Africa and the diaspora and spotlighted key collecting segments from 20th century modernism to contemporary production and photography. The lead-lot, Marlene Dumas’ Oktober 1973 achieved a stellar R7,055,600 well above its high estimate of R3-5 million. Also on offer were some of the most in-demand African artists including Chéri Samba, Aboudia Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, Gareth Nyandoro, Mustafa Maluka and William Kentridge.
Lot 100 - David Goldblatt, South African 1930–2018)
Sold for R136,560
Lot 101 - José Chambel (Sao Tome and Principe 1969-)
Sold for R15,242
Lot 103 - José Chambel (Sao Tome and Principe 1969-)
Sold for R15,242
Lot 120 - William Tagne Njepe Twilliam (Cameroon 1983-)
Sold for R147,940
Lot 121 - William Tagne Njepe Twilliam (Cameroon 1983-)
Sold for R85,350
Lot 122 - Abdoulaye Diarrassouba (Aboudia) (Cote d'Ivoire 1983-)
Sold for R147,940
Lot 123 - Abdoulaye Diarrassouba (Aboudia) (Cote d'Ivoire 1983-)
Sold for R125,180
Lot 142 - Monsengwo Kejwamfi (Moké) (Democratic Republic of Congo 1950-2001)
Sold for R56,900
Lot 143 - Chéri Chérin (Democratic Republic of Congo 1956-)
Sold for R73,970
Lot 144 - Chéri Chérin (Democratic Republic of Congo 1956-)
Sold for R79,660
Lot 145 - Keresemose Richard Baholo (South Africa 1959-)
Sold for R45,520
