Two-part public sale: live-virtual sale and concurrent timed-online works on paper
Dwell sale headlined by Geoffrey Mukasa, Ok. F. Msangi and Sam Ntiro
Partnership builds on Circle Artwork Company’s Artwork Public sale East Africa – pioneering work in Kenya since 2013
NAIROBI – Strauss & Co, Africa’s main public sale home, and Danda Jaroljmek, Director of Artwork Public sale East Africa, are happy to announce particulars of Artwork Public sale East Africa | Strauss & Co, a brand new two-part public sale of uncommon and essential artwork from East Africa and past. The primary occasion is a 65-lot live-virtual sale of contemporary and modern artwork, to be held at Circle Artwork Gallery, Victoria Sq., Riara Highway, Nairobi, on Wednesday, 5 November 2025. Operating alongside it’s a timed-online sale of works on paper, which concludes the identical day.
The public sale is led by uncommon works from throughout East Africa together with a piece by the distinguished Tanzanian painter, diplomat and educational Sam Ntiro, Working within the Fields, a Seventies oil portray depicting a lush rural panorama (estimate KSh 900 000 – 1 300 000 / US$ 6 967 – 10 064).
Collectors of celebrated Ugandan painter Geoffrey Mukasa may have a chance to bid on three scarce works, together with the mixed-media items Boy Kneeling (1998/2005) and Nonetheless Life (2007/08), every estimated at KSh 1.2 – 1.5 million / US$ 9 290 – 11 610.
“The standard of the works by Msangi, Mukasa and Ntiro, considered along with top-notch works by Cyrus Kabiru, Justus Kyalo and Beatrice Wanjiku, underscore the breadth of inventive practices throughout East Africa over the previous six many years,” says Danda Jaroljmek, Director, Circle Artwork Company, who established Artwork Public sale East Africa in 2013 as a platform to domesticate a secondary marketplace for East African artists working in the course of the period of decolonisation and independence.
Broader regional highlights from {the catalogue} embody works by Egyptian painter Souad Abdelrassoul and Zimbabwean artist Misheck Masamvu. A collaborative work by Kenyan sculptor Gakunju Kaigwa and Zimbabwean sculptor Tapfuma Gutsa underscores the transnational dialogue in African artwork. Each Masamvu and Gutsa represented Zimbabwe on the Venice Biennale in 2011.
Susie Goodman, Managing Govt of Strauss & Co, feedback: “This daring initiative is a strategic partnership between two main regional actors with deep networks and a shared dedication to the African artwork market. It recognises the significance of collaboration in fostering a thriving pan-African artwork ecosystem. We’re particularly excited to deepen our engagement with artists, collectors and establishments in East Africa. Strauss & Co has international shopper base, and we’re excited on the prospect of taking our purchasers on this thrilling journey.”
The forex for the sale is Kenyan Shilling (KSh). All viewing and collections happen in Nairobi.
Geoffrey Mukasa
Untitled (Single Face in Purple)
KES 500 000 – 800 000USD 3 870 – 6 192
Beginning at KES 450 000USD 3 483
Kiure Francis Msangi
Lusiki
KES 1 000 000 – 1 500 000USD 7 740 – 11 610
Beginning at KES 750 000USD 5 805
Kiure Francis Msangi
Baobab underneath the Purple Moon
KES 1 000 000 – 1 500 000USD 7 740 – 11 610
Beginning at KES 750 000USD 5 805
Simon Mpata
Birds and Bugs
KES 400 000 – 465 000USD 3 096 – 3 599
Beginning at KES 350 000USD 2 709
Souad Abdelrassoul
A Hopeful Face; Within the Confrontation, two
KES 580 000 – 680 000USD 4 489 – 5 263
Beginning at KES 500 000USD 3 870
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef
Dar es Salem (sic)
KES 450 000 – 600 000USD 3 483 – 4 644
Beginning at KES 400 000
Geoffrey Mukasa
Boy Kneeling
KES 1 300 000 – 1 500 000USD 10 062 – 11 610
Beginning at KES 1 200 000USD 9 288
Ancent Soi
Herdsboy Taking Cows House
KES 530 000 – 660 000USD 4 102 – 5 108
Beginning at KES 400 000USD 3 096
Miska Mohammed
The Motion of Daisies
KES 440 000 – 600 000USD 3 406 – 4 644
Beginning at KES 400 000USD 3 096
Uncommon works (descending):
Lot 39: Sam Ntiro (Tanzanian 1923–1993) Working within the Fields, circa Seventies, oil on canvas (estimate KSh 900 000 – 1 300 000 / $6 967 – $10 064)
Lot 24: Ok F Msangi (Tanzanian, 1936–2003) Lusiki, 1960-62, oil on canvas (estimate KSh 1 – 1.5 million / $7 740– $11 610)
Lot 26: Ok F Msangi (Tanzanian, 1936–2003) Baobab underneath the Purple Moon, 1968-69, acrylic on canvas (estimate KSh 1 – 1.5 million / $7 740– $11 610)
Lot 12: Geoffrey Mukasa (Ugandan, 1954–2009) Boy Kneeling, 1998/ 2005, blended media, oil, collage on board (estimate KSh 1.2 – 1.5 million / $9 290 – $11 610)
Lot 13: Geoffrey Mukasa (Ugandan, 1954–2009) Nonetheless Life, 2007-08, blended media, collage on board (estimate KSh 1 – 1.5 million / $7 740– $11 610)
Prime artists by worth:
Geoffrey Mukasa (Ugandan, 1954–2009)
Lot 12, Boy Kneeling (estimate KSh 1.2 – 1.5 million / $9 290 – $11 610)
Lot 13, Nonetheless Life (estimate KSh 1 – 1.5 million / $7 740– $11 610)
F. Msangi (Tanzanian, 1936–2003)
Lot 24, Lusiki (estimate KSh 1 – 1.5 million / $7 740– $11 610)
Lot 26, Baobab underneath the Purple Moon (estimate KSh 1 – 1.5 million / $7 740– $11 610)
Prime 10 heaps by worth (descending):
Lot 12: Geoffrey Mukasa (Ugandan, 1954–2009) Boy Kneeling, 1998/ 2005, blended media, oil, collage on board (estimate KSh 1.2 – 1.5 million / $9 290 – $11 610)
Lot 13: Geoffrey Mukasa (Ugandan, 1954–2009) Nonetheless Life, 2007-08, blended media, collage on board (estimate KSh 1 – 1.5 million / $7 740– $11 610)
Lot 24: Ok F Msangi (Tanzanian, 1936–2003) Lusiki, 1960-62, oil on canvas (estimate KSh 1 – 1.5 million / $7 740– $11 610)
Lot 26: Ok F Msangi (Tanzanian, 1936–2003) Baobab underneath the Purple Moon, 1968-69, acrylic on canvas (estimate KSh 1 – 1.5 million / $7 740– $11 610)
Lot 39: Sam Ntiro (Tanzanian 1923–1993) Working within the Fields, circa Seventies, oil on canvas (estimate KSh 900 000 – 1 300 000 / $6 967 – $10 064)
Lot 46: Beatrice Wanjiku (Kenyan, b. 1978) We Are Who We Are, 2010, blended media on canvas (estimate KSh 800 000 – 1 000 000 / $6 192 – $7 740)
Lot 31: Justus Kyalo (Kenyan, b. 1972) Extra mild a bit of, 2021, acrylic on canvas (estimate KSh 685 000 – 885 000 / $5 302 – $6 850)
Lot 9: Cyrus Kabiru (Kenyan, b. 1984), Vice Versa, 2024, blended media sculpture (estimate KSh 600 000 – 1 000 000 / $4 645 – $7 740)
Lot 63: Souad Abdelrassoul (Egyptian, born 1974) A Hopeful Face & Within the Confrontation (diptych), 2025, acrylic on canvas (estimate KSh 580 000 – 680 000 / $ 4 486 – 5 260)
Lot 14: Geoffrey Mukasa (Ugandan, 1954–2009) Untitled, (single face in purple), 1996, blended media and collage on paper (estimate KSh 500 000 – 800 000 / $3 870 – $6 192)
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