On Thursday, November 7, 2019, PIASA’s 10th African Contemporary Art Sale totalled more than 1.43 million euros, thus doubling its estimate.
Punctuated by very nice auctions, especially for the works of the Cameroonian Marc Padeu and the Ugandan Joseph Ntensibe, this vacation has aroused a real interest from both French and international collectors.
The very good results of this vacation, barely six months after those of the sale of May 15, 2019, consolidate the positioning of PIASA in a market of contemporary African art more than ever in full expansion.
This sale allowed the establishment of three new records for public sale for the artists Marc Padeu, Joseph Ntensibe and Barthélémy Toguo
Far above their estimate of between 5,000 and 8,000 euros, the two works of Cameroonian artist Marc Padeu have reached 195,000 euros each. The king is dead and Voici l'homme! are emblematic of the artist’s work reinvesting Christian iconography and the aesthetics of the Renaissance. This result sets a new record for this artist.
Marc Padeu (né en 1990, Cameroun) Voici l'homme !, 2019
Prix : 195 000 €
Nearly 15 times higher than its base estimate (15,000 euros), Tropical garden 2 of Uganda’s Joseph Ntensibe reached 156,000 euros, setting a new record for the artist. Between figuration and abstraction, this painting, made in 2019, depicts a wild nature idealized in a chromatic atmosphere of the most dreamlike.
Joseph Ntensibe (né en 1953, Ouganda) Tropical garden 2, 2019
Prix : 156000 €
Raised in recent years as an icon of African contemporary art, Cameroonian Barthelemy Toguo was present during this vacation with Wild cat’s dinner n°7 realized in 2006. Taking on the appearance of a playing card, this watercolour with arms reaching out was awarded for 62,400 euros. This result sets a new record for this painter.
Barthélémy Toguo (né en 1967, Cameroun) Wild cat's dinner n°7, 2006
Prix : 62400 €
Contemporary love, an acrylic on canvas by Angolan artist Cristiano Mangovo Bras, was awarded for 65,000 euros.
On a black background reminiscent of the night sky, couples of fantasy characters hold out their blushed lips.
Cristiano Mangovo Bras (né en 1982, Angola) Les amours contemporains, 2019
Prix : 65000 €
Pilipili Mulongoy
A figurehead of the Hangar School founded by the military and French painter Pierre Romain-Desfossés in 1946, Pilipili Mulongoy grew up in the nature and traditional world of which he tells the story in his meticulously executed works. He was featured in the exhibition Beauté Congo, organized by the Cartier Foundation in 2015.
The oil on paper proposed for sale by PIASA representing a couple of birds around a nest doubled its high estimate to find buyer at 10,400 euros.
Pilipili Mulongoy (c.1914-2007, Congo) Sans titre (oiseaux)
Prix : 10400 €
Chéri Samba
Today presented all over the world, from the Centre Pompidou in Paris to the MoMA in New York, the work of this self-taught painter formed in the world of press illustration revolves around the themes of daily life, self-portrait, all in chromatic tones often very bright.
Sold for 35,100 euros, this acrylic by Chéri Samba represents the artist with a brush full of colours between the teeth.
Chéri Samba (né en 1956, République Démocratique du Congo) J'aime la couleur, 2004
Prix : 35100 €
Aboudia
The God, painting by Ivorian painter Aboudia, was awarded for 35,100 euros. At the time he made this work, the artist lives at the centre of the fighting that raged in Abidjan after the announcement of the results of the presidential election.
Since then, he has recounted this climate of violence in rooms where childhood, graffiti and the wild street spirit coexist.
Aboudia (Abdoulaye Diarrassouba dit) (né en 1983, Côte d'Ivoire) The God, 2011
Prix : 35100 €
