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1 month ago | 
bonhams.com | Lucinda Bredin |Helene Love-Allotey
London – Major works by Ben Enwonwu, Gerard Sekoto and Alexander 'Skunder' Boghossian are among highlights of the Modern & Contemporary African Art sale at Bonhams New Bond Street, London on 20 March 2025. Helene Love-Allotey, Bonhams Head of Modern & Contemporary African Art Department, comments, "This sale showcases the extraordinary range of work by African artists throughout the continent.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
bonhams.com | Lucinda Bredin |Helene Love-Allotey
London – Works by William Kentridge, Irma Stern, Ben Enwonwu and Marlene Dumas attracted strong bidding in the Modern and Contemporary African Art sale in London on 16 October 2024, with the 76-lot sale achieving £2,439,400. • The top lots were Zululand by Irma Stern (1894-1966) which made £508,400 (estimate 400,000 – 600,000) • Monument I by William Kentridge, made £483,000 against an estimate of £200,000 - 300,000.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
bonhams.com | Lucinda Bredin |Helene Love-Allotey
London – Major works by Marlene Dumas, William Kentridge and Ibrahim Mahama are highlights offered in the Modern and Contemporary African Art sale in London on 16 October 2024. Helene Love-Allotey, Head of Modern and Contemporary African Art Department, said: "Our autumn sale showcases the extraordinary range of work from African artists throughout the continent.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
bonhams.com | Lucinda Bredin |Helene Love-Allotey
London – Master works by major African artists will be offered in the Modern and Contemporary African Art sale in London on 16 October 2024.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
bonhams.com | Lucinda Bredin |Helene Love-Allotey
London – A major installation piece by Ghanaian artist, Ibrahim Mahama will be offered in the Modern and Contemporary African Art sale on 16 October 2024 at Bonhams London. The monumental work, Untitled from 2013, has an estimate of £30,000-50,000 and comprises 11 draped coal sacks made from jute, that hang down from the walls. The work was first exhibited in Pangaea: New Art from Africa to Latin America at the Saatchi Gallery in 2014. It is being offered from the Saatchi Collection.
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May 30, 2024 | 
bonhams.com | Lucinda Bredin |Helene Love-Allotey
London – Widely celebrated as the mother of contemporary African painting, Mozambican-Italian artist Bertina Lopes (1924-2012) was one of the earliest pioneers to bridge the gap between African and European art. The Studio of Bertina Lopes (1924-2012), an online sale from 4-19 June on bonhams.com, presents a selection of 57 oil paintings, drawings and sculptures from the artist's studio in Rome that has been virtually untouched since her death.
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Mar 22, 2023 | 
bonhams.com | Helene Love-Allotey
London – There were impressive results at Bonhams' Modern & Contemporary African Art sale today (Wednesday 22 March) in London. The top lot was The Seventh Knot, 1969 by Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo (Nigerian, 1934-2021), which sold for £403,500 against a pre-sale estimate of £150,00-200,000 – a new world record price for a work by the artist. The 67-lot sale made a total of £3,323,930. Works by Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) also performed well, taking four of the top ten slots.
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Mar 15, 2023 | 
bonhams.com | Helene Love-Allotey
London – Works by some of the biggest names in South African Art are amongst the highlights of Bonhams Modern & Contemporary African Art sale on 22 March in London. Highlights include six works by the legendary Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) and two important works by Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993), who is widely recognised as a pioneer of urban black art and social realism. Leading the sale will be Young Pondo Man by Irma Stern, which has an estimate of £300,000 - 500,000.
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Mar 3, 2023 | 
bonhams.com | Helene Love-Allotey
London – There were impressive results for the Bonhams sale celebrating the Abuja Pottery Training Centre and the work of black women ceramicists, Abuja! Ladi Kwali & The Art of Clay, which ran from 16 February to 2 March on bonhams.com. The top lot, Vessel by Ladi Kwali, sold for £28,020, against a pre-sale estimate of £10,000-15,000.
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Feb 20, 2023 | 
bonhams.com | Helene Love-Allotey
London – Abuja! Ladi Kwali & The Art of Clay, a special sale celebrating the Abuja Pottery training Centre and the work of Black women ceramicists, is now live on bonhams.com until 2 March. Estimates range from £80 to £15,000. The Abuja Pottery Training Centre in Suleja (formerly called Abuja) was set up by British potter Michael Cardew in the 1950s.
