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Sculpture
Capsule Auctions · Jul 30, 2020$16,250 ≈ £12,491 ≈ €13,838Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Bull
Ernesto (Nigerian, 1922–1996)
$325 price realized incl. premium
≈ £250≈ €277
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “bronze with artists applied brown patina”
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 5 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
- Auction house
- Capsule Auctions
- Sale
- Modern Origins (modern-origins-2020-07-30)
- Date
- July 30, 2020
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Lot
- 9
- Estimate
- $300 – $500 (≈ £231 – £384) (≈ €255 – €426)
- Source
- Auction house capsuleauctions.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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