25th Jun, 2025 19:00
Modern & Contemporary Art
51
Simphiwe Ndzube (South Africa 1990-)
The Arival (sic)
acrylic, duct tape and found fabrics on canvas
Artwork date: 2016
Signature details: signed, dated and inscribed with the title on the reverse
Exchange Rates*: USD 6514.82 – 9772.23
EURO 5920.38 – 8880.57
GBP 4982.35 – 7473.52
Sold for R140,700
Estimated at R120,000 - R180,000
Condition Report
The overall condition is very good.
Please note, we are not qualified conservators and these reports give our opinion as to the general condition of the works. We advise that bidders view the lots in person to satisfy themselves with the condition of prospective purchases.
acrylic, duct tape and found fabrics on canvas
Artwork date: 2016
Signature details: signed, dated and inscribed with the title on the reverse
Exchange Rates*: USD 6514.82 – 9772.23
EURO 5920.38 – 8880.57
GBP 4982.35 – 7473.52
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150.5 x 100.5 x 7 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Cape Town.
COLLECTOR'S NOTE
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Simphiwe Ndzube’s auction record is currently set at £ 37 800 for the painting, Figure with a Whip Leg, sold in London in 2021.
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In 2021, the Denver Museum presented Ndzube’s Oracles of the Pink Universe, a large-scale solo exhibition which also marked his first museum solo exhibition in the USA. Other institutional solo exhibitions have taken place at Museo Kaluz, Mexico City in 2019 and at the CC Foundation, Shanghai in 2018.
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Notable international group exhibitions include Singular Views: 25 Artists at the Rubell Museum in Washington and Africa Supernova at Kunsthal KAde in Amersfoort, the Netherlands in 2023 and Christen Sveaas Art Foundation: The Unseen, Selected by Hurvin Anderson at the Whitechapel Gallery in London in 2022.
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In 2019 Ndzube was included in the 15th Lyon Biennale and the Open Borders exhibition for the 14th Curitiba International Biennial in Brazil.
COLLECTIONS:
The artist is represented in numerous local and international collections, notably the Longlati Foundation, Shanghai; Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Geneva; Musee d’art Contemporain de Lyon; France Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; The CC Foundation, Shanghai; HOW Art Museum, Shanghai; Christen Sveeas Collection, Norway; The Denver Art Museum; Museo Kaluz, Mexico City; Rubell family collection, Miami; Rupert Museum, Cape Town; University of Cape Town; Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), Cape Town and the A4 Foundation, Cape Town.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 25th Jun, 2025
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