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Modern & Contemporary East African Art

Sold Wednesday 21 October 2026

Our live sale brings together paintings and sculpture by artists from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia, from Juma Mwakalinga's Dar es Salaam of the 1980s to new carved work by Kiprop Langat. The auctioneer takes bids from the room, the telephones and online at once, and every lot is sold within a minute or two. Register before the sale to bid from your phone.

Lots
12
Sold
8
Total, hammer
KES 7.86M
Pictures List

12 lots

Dunga, Before Light, 2021. Oil on canvas.
1

Achieng Oduya (b. 1979)

Dunga, Before Light, 2021

Oil on canvas · 150 × 200 cm

Estimate KES 900,000–1,400,000

Sold KES 1,000,000
Standing Figure (Ember), 2023. Charred cypress.
2

Kiprop Langat (b. 1990)

Standing Figure (Ember), 2023

Charred cypress · 182 × 34 × 30 cm

Estimate KES 600,000–900,000

Sold KES 700,000
The Blue Room, 2020. Acrylic on canvas.
3

Harriet Nalubega (b. 1985)

The Blue Room, 2020

Acrylic on canvas · 120 × 100 cm

Estimate KES 700,000–1,000,000

Not sold
Msasani, Last Bus, 2024. Oil on linen.
4

Zawadi Mrema (b. 1991)

Msasani, Last Bus, 2024

Oil on linen · 100 × 130 cm

Estimate KES 450,000–650,000

Sold KES 380,000
Field Notes IV, 2017. Oil and wax on canvas.
5

Yonas Gebremeskel (b. 1968)

Field Notes IV, 2017

Oil and wax on canvas · 140 × 140 cm

Estimate KES 1,200,000–1,800,000

Sold KES 1,800,000
Head of a Listener, 2015. Bronze with brown patina, on a hardwood base.
6

Grace Wekesa (b. 1974)

Head of a Listener, 2015

Bronze with brown patina, on a hardwood base · 48 × 22 × 26 cm

Estimate KES 1,500,000–2,200,000

Sold KES 1,600,000
Red Soil Hymn, 2022. Soil pigment, charcoal and acrylic medium on raw canvas.
7

Ruth Kanini Musyoka (b. 1982)

Red Soil Hymn, 2022

Soil pigment, charcoal and acrylic medium on raw canvas · 160 × 130 cm

Estimate KES 450,000–700,000

Sold KES 480,000
Fishermen Mending Nets, 1987. Oil on canvas.
8

Juma Mwakalinga (1958–2019)

Fishermen Mending Nets, 1987

Oil on canvas · 76 × 100 cm

Estimate KES 2,400,000–3,400,000

Not sold
Rusinga, Afternoon Rain, 2023. Oil on canvas.
9

Achieng Oduya (b. 1979)

Rusinga, Afternoon Rain, 2023

Oil on canvas · 120 × 160 cm

Estimate KES 750,000–1,100,000

Sold KES 800,000
Waiting, Entebbe Road, 2022. Acrylic on canvas.
10

Harriet Nalubega (b. 1985)

Waiting, Entebbe Road, 2022

Acrylic on canvas · 100 × 80 cm

Estimate KES 550,000–800,000

Not sold
Pair (Ash and Ember), 2024. Charred cypress, in two parts.
11

Kiprop Langat (b. 1990)

Pair (Ash and Ember), 2024

Charred cypress, in two parts · Taller part 150 × 28 × 26 cm; shorter part 128 × 26 × 24 cm

Estimate KES 900,000–1,300,000

Sold KES 1,100,000
Kariakoo, Late Afternoon, 1994. Oil on board.
12

Juma Mwakalinga (1958–2019)

Kariakoo, Late Afternoon, 1994

Oil on board · 90 × 120 cm

Estimate KES 1,800,000–2,600,000

Not sold