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Skepta debut painting sells for nearly £82,000
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A Painting by Skepta Just Sold for £81,900 or 57,564,000 Naira
Skepta, a well-known British-Nigerian rapper, recently sold his debut painting at an auction for £81,900 GBP, or roughly 58 Million Naira.
The artwork, “Mama Goes to Market,” which was offered as part of the “Contemporary Curated” sale, sold for the highest price at Sotheby’s.
Skepta originally painted the piece in 2020 over the course of a week. However, it was then altered when he took it to an event organised by Givenchy in cooperation with Chito.
Here, Chito was tagging any items that people had brought along, and so – the mark of the graphic artist can be seen on the walls in the painting, along with those of fellow graphic artist Slawn and the producer and DJ Goldie.
Elsewhere, the piece depicts three African women — one of whom carries a child on her back.
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Although the pre-estimate ranged from £40,000 to £60,000 GBP ($46,000 to $69,000 USD), it ultimately sold for about $22,000 more than the pre-estimate.
Although the buyer hasn’t been made known to the public, Skepta told the Financial Times that he is pretty optimistic that either Jay Z or Dave Chapelle would be the one to take it home.
— Big Smoke – (@Skepta) September 13, 2022