Art for the Arch Auction for the Tutu Legacy Fund

Live Virtual Auction, 22 September 2021

Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 68 280
Lot 94
  • Maurice Mbikayi; Mbula Matari II
  • Maurice Mbikayi; Mbula Matari II
  • Maurice Mbikayi; Mbula Matari II
  • Maurice Mbikayi; Mbula Matari II
  • Maurice Mbikayi; Mbula Matari II


Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 68 280

About this Item

Congolese 1974-
Mbula Matari II
2019

Edition of 2

C-print
100 by 72cm excluding frame; 114 by 77 by 5cm including frame

Notes

Born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Maurice Mbikayi lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. First graduating in Advertising and Visual Communication, from the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa, Mbikayi then completed his Master of Fine Arts degree (with distinction) in 2015 at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town. Mbikayi has been featured in exhibitions at important institutions, including, Middelheim Museum in Antwerp; Kunsthalle Tübingen Stiftung, Germany; the World Bank in Washington DC, USA; the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts of Michigan, USA; the South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art, Cape Town; the Kunsthaus Graz Museum, Austria; Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, Kër Thiossane, Dakar, and ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Provenance

Donated by the artist.

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