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'SENUFO FEMALE' STATUE
In November 2014 an extremely rare ‘Senufo Female’ Statue curved by Ivory Coast-based artist, Master of Sinasso, sold for a record $12 million. It was part of a $41.6 million worth of collection sold by an ambitious African art collector, Myron Kunin, at the Sotheby’s in New York. Guess he woke up on the right side of the bed that day.
Excluding South Africa, the highest price paid at auction for an African artwork by an African collector is £361,250, for the set of ‘Daily Mirror’ sculptures by Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu in May 2013.
3]'Two Arabs And An Arab '
In 2011, Stern’s sold another painting titled Two Arabs for about $1.8 million in South Africa. The next year she sold yet another painting of a distinguished Arab man titled Arab for nearly $1.5 million
2]'BAHORA GIRL'
The ‘Bahora Girl’, also by Irma Stern, is second most expensive African art ever sold. It was bought by a private South African art collector for £2.4 million ($3.6 million) in October 2010 at Bonhams auction house in London.
1]'ARAB PRIEST'
The ‘Arab Priest’ by the South African artist Irma Stern is most expensive African art painting ever sold at an auction to date. It was purchased by a museum in the Middle East for £3.1 million ($4.8 million) in March 2011.
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