African Modern and Contemporary

1950–present

Figures in parentheses are Modern $USD.

• ArtistLifeAuction record(Modern $USD)
• Irma Stern1894–19665,032,500 ZAR to £3,000,000($311,000 to $7,200,000)
• Hassan El Glaoui1924–2018€10,240 to £137,500(≈$11,800 to $231,000)
• Uzo Egonu (UZO Egonu)1931–1996£18,750 to £198,900($33,500 to $271,000)
• Ablade Glover1934–£7,040 to £26,250($9,710 to $44,100)
• Hussein Shariffe (Shariffe)1934–2005£8,320 to £12,500($11,500 to $21,000)
• Marlene Dumas1953– [from 1973]$762,000 to $13,630,000($797,000 to $14,300,000)
• Frédéric Trigo Piula1953–£40,000($67,200)
• Chéri Samba1956–£4,064 to £93,750($5,580 to $158,000)
• Salah Elmur (S.ELMUR)1966–£22,500 to £35,840($37,800 to $49,400)
• Julie Mehretu1970– [1995–2010]£22,860 to $10,740,000(≈$30,700 to $11,900,000)
• Aboudia1983–£21,250 to 2,520,000 HKD($35,700 to $371,000)
• Njideka Akunyili Crosby1983–$81,900 to $3,375,000(≈$81,900 to $4,530,000)
• Amoako Boafo1984–£137,500 to 26,650,000 HKD($230,000 to $4,260,000)
• Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga1991–£11,250 to £119,700($19,900 to $205,000)
• Godwin Champs Namuyimba$4,064 to 1,323,000 HKD($4,250 to $212,000)

• Values are public auction results and are not complete records. They are not appraisals or offers.
• Modern $USD converts each price at the average exchange rate of its sale year, then adjusts for US inflation to September 2026, rounded to three figures.
• ≈ means the sale year is not known, so the figure uses the latest exchange rate with no inflation adjustment.
• “Up to” means only top sales were seen.
• “est.” marks pre-sale estimates, which are not sales.
• “(attr.)” marks works catalogued as attributed to the artist.
• “(prints)” means only prints were found.
• Contains information from the Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN) which is made available under the ODC Attribution License.