Afewerk Tekle

Afewerk Tekle

History

Afewerk Tekle was an Ethiopian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1932. Afewerk Tekle's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $220 USD to $42,933 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2016 the record price for this artist at auction is $42,933 USD for Defender of his Country, sold at Sotheby's London in 2018. In MutualArt’s artist press archive, Afewerk Tekle is featured in Sotheby's Unveils Its Third Dedicated Sale of Modern & Contemporary African Art in London, a piece from ArtDaily in October 2018. The artist died in 2012.

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Afewerk Tekle

Movies

Under African Skies: Ethiopia
Under African Skies: Ethiopia
First aired on TV on the BBC Two on 29 September 1989, this second episode of the documentary series "Under African Skies", a grand project aimed at presenting the rich diversity of contemporary African music of those days and known for its unforgettable memento "A celebration of the new sounds of a continent. " traverses the nostalgic roots and the euphoric contours of Ethiopian music of the '80s.