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Jacob Afolabi

Nigerian · 1940–2015 · Painter, Printmaker

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3auction results2026years recorded100%sold (3)$859Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Jacob Afolabi, Untitled (Abstracted Figure), 1960, tempera on brown paperUntitled (Abstracted Figure)Strauss & Co · ZAR 19,220≈ $1,174≈ £868≈ €998Sign up to see
  2. Jacob Afolabi, Untitled (Abstracted Figure in Profile), 1960, tempera on brown paperUntitled (Abstracted Figure in Profile)Strauss & Co · ZAR 14,053≈ $859≈ £635≈ €730Sign up to see
  3. Jacob Afolabi, Mother and Her Children, 1969, mixed media with plastic on boardMother and Her ChildrenStrauss & Co · ZAR 9,369≈ $572≈ £423≈ €486Sign up to see

Jacob Afolabi’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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median $859free account
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auction record in database
Lots sold
3
of 3 offered · 2026–2026
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$316$1k$3k20262026-04-21 · $5722026-04-21 · $8592026-04-21 · $1,174
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings11100%$572Sign up$572Sign up$572Sign up
Mixed media11100%$572Sign up$572Sign up$572Sign up
Works on paper22100%$1kSign up$1kSign up$1.2kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202633$859Sign up

Related artists — Nigerian, born 1915–1965