EL ANATSUI (B. 1944)
19.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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CHRISTIE'S| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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ID 1508184
Lot 35 | EL ANATSUI (B. 1944)
Estimate value
800000USD $ 800 000 – 1 200 000
TAGOMIZOR
aluminum bottle caps and copper wire
installation dimensions variable
approximately: 65 x 90 in. (165 x 229 cm.)
Executed in 2005.
Provenance
Private collection, acquired directly from the artist
Anon. sale; Sotheby’s, London, 16 October 2018, lot 44
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner
Exhibited
New York, Skoto Gallery in collaboration with Contemporary African Art Gallery, Danudo – Recent Sculpture of El Anatsui, October 2005-January 2006.
Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum; Wellesley College, Davis Museum and Cultural Center; University of Texas at Austin, Blanton Art Museum; Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art; Denver Art Museum and Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art, When I Last Wrote You About Africa, October 2010-May 2013, pp. 124-125, no. 46 (illustrated).
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
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| Place of origin: | Ghana, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
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| Place of origin: | Ghana, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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