Zawadi Mrema (b. 1991)
Kigamboni Ferry, Night, 2023
Oil on linen
100 × 140 cm
Estimate KES 450,000–650,000
Bidding
Sold
KES 900,000
Hammer price. Buyer's premium of 20% and VAT on the premium are added.
About the work
The ferry ramp at Kigamboni after the last crossing, its lamps doubled in the black water of the channel. A record price for the artist at auction.
Condition
Excellent.
Provenance
Private collection, Dar es Salaam.
The artist
Mrema paints Dar es Salaam after midnight: empty bus stops, ferry ramps, the sodium glow of a petrol station on an empty road. She works in thin glazes of oil on linen, so that her orange lights seem to sit on the surface while the teal shadows sink into it. Her first sale at Umber, in September 2026, set a record for the artist.
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