# Pieter Hugo - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T18:14:35.498Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 74
- Lots with prices: 45
- First auction date: 2009-05-20
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-03
- Median realised price: $11,250
- Price range: $100 to $450,000

## Market Takeaway
Pieter Hugo shows solid auction liquidity with 74 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $11,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($11,250\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $6,760 and $27,500.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 6.7% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 28.9% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 64.4% (29 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $6,000
- Previous 12 months median: $6,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-03
- Days since latest sale: 15
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Phillips: 18 lots
- Christie's: 15 lots
- Aspire Art: 10 lots
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Strauss & Co: 3 lots
- Artcurial: 2 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-06-19 | Pieter Hugo \(South Africa 1976\-\), Nura Garuba and Friend with their Monkey, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005 | Aspire Art | ZAR 100,000
2. 2026-02-03 | Pieter Hugo "Dayaba Usman w/ Monkey" Photo | Revere Auctions | N/A
3. 2025-10-08 | Pieter Hugo \(South African, born 1976\) Animal Handler with Ajasco, Lagos, Nigeria \(from 'Hyena & Other Men'\), 2007 | Bonhams | £6,000
4. 2025-09-17 | Pieter Hugo \(South Africa 1976\-\), John Kwesi, Techiman District, Ghana 2005 \(From The Wild Honey Collectors series\) | Aspire Art | N/A
5. 2025-09-15 | Pieter Hugo \(South African 1976\). Pieter Hugo 2, Cape Town, 2015. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €300
6. 2025-04-17 | PIETER HUGO \(B. 1976\). Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis, Nigeria, 2005. si | Christie's | $22,680
7. 2024-03-27 | Pieter Hugo \(South African, born 1976\) \(framed\) | Bonhams | £6,000
8. 2023-11-16 | PIETER HUGO \(SOUTH AFRICA 1976\-\) \| MALLAM GALADIMA AHMADU WITH JAMIS AND MALLAM MANTARI LAMAL WITH MAINASARA, ABUJA NIGERIA | Aspire Art | ZAR 200,000
9. 2023-10-19 | Pieter Hugo \(born 1976\) Abdulai Yahaya, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana, from the series "Permanent Error," 2010 | Hindman | N/A
10. 2023-10-04 | PIETER HUGO \(B. 1976\) Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria, 2005 si | Christie's | N/A
11. 2023-09-13 | Pieter Hugo \(South Africa 1976\-\) Untitled, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana | Aspire Art | N/A
12. 2023-09-13 | Pieter Hugo \(South Africa 1976\-\) Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja Nigeria | Aspire Art | N/A
13. 2023-09-13 | Pieter Hugo \(South Africa 1976\-\) Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis, Nigeria | Aspire Art | ZAR 300,000
14. 2023-03-14 | PIETER HUGO \(BORN 1976\) Three Portraits from 'Looking Aside'2003archival pigment prints, each signed, titled, dated and numbered from an edition of 3 along lower margineach image 39 3/8 x 31 1/2in \(100 x 80cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2022-11-30 | Pieter Hugo \(Afrique du Sud, né en 1976\) | Bonhams | N/A
16. 2022-10-19 | Pieter Hugo \(South African, born 1976\) \(framed\) | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2022-04-05 | PIETER HUGO \(B. 1976\) Nollywood Series, Mr. Enblo, Enugu, Nigeria, 2008 sig | Christie's | $10,080
18. 2022-03-09 | PIETER HUGO \(B. 1976\) Mohammed Rabiu with Jamis, Ibusa, Nigeria digital C\-p | Christie's | N/A
19. 2021-10-21 | PIETER HUGO \(1976\- \) Motorbike Rider with Amiloo, Nigeria. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,500
20. 2021-10-06 | PIETER HUGO \(B. 1976\) Portrait 7, Rwanda \(from the series, 1994\), 2014 | Christie's | $22,500
21. 2021-06-17 | Pieter HUGO \(né en 1976\) \- PERMANENT ERROR SERIES | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr | N/A
22. 2021-04-21 | Pieter Hugo \(South Africa 1976\-\) Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Nigeria 2007. | Aspire Art | ZAR 34,000
23. 2020-12-09 | Pieter Hugo, Mohammed Rabiu with Jamis, Ibusa, Nigeria, 2007 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | N/A
24. 2020-11-10 | PIETER HUGO \(NÉ EN 1976\) \- Morris Toe, Monrovia, from the series 'Boy Scouts', Liberia, 2006 | Christie's | N/A

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