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The Two Gamblers
Ephrem Solomon (Ethiopian, b. 1983)
$3,072 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,294≈ €2,660
Hammer $2,400 · with buyer’s premium $3,072
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and found paper collage on carved board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 62.2 x 61.9 cm (24 1/2 x 24 3/8 in).
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art Online (31926)
- Date
- March 12, 2026
- Location
- Marlborough, United States
- Lot
- 34
- Estimate
- $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £2,988 – £4,481) (≈ €3,464 – €5,196)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2025 and 2026 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Nov 24, 2025 · Bonhams
Past & Present: A Curated Sale, lot 94
Bought in / unsold · est. $5,000 – $8,000
As catalogued
Ephrem Solomon, “The Two Gamblers”
oil and found paper collage on carved board
62.2 x 61.9 cm (24 1/2 x 24 3/8 in).
Mar 12, 2026 · Bonhams this result
Modern & Contemporary Art Online, lot 34
Sold $3,072Sign up to see · est. $4,000 – $6,000
As catalogued
Ephrem Solomon, “The Two Gamblers”
oil and found paper collage on carved board
62.2 x 61.9 cm (24 1/2 x 24 3/8 in).
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