# Seydou Keita - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T22:45:26.168Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 64
- Lots with prices: 44
- First auction date: 1999-06-24
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-14
- Median realised price: $4,000
- Price range: $120 to $19,745

## Market Takeaway
Seydou Keita shows developing auction liquidity with 47 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-19.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,300 and $7,012.
- 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: 10.8% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 78.4% (29 sales)
- $10,000\+: 10.8% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $1,600
- Previous 12 months median: $6,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 91
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 16 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Phillips: 6 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 5 lots
- Ashcroft and Moore: 4 lots
- Finarte: 4 lots
- Tajan: 4 lots
- Artcurial: 3 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 2 lots
- Piasa: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-19 | Seydou Keita \(1921\-2001\) Untitled \[L'Odalisque\], 1956\-1957 | Piasa | €4,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-untitled-l-odalisque-1956-1957-251-c-0ff42f9923
2. 2026-04-14 | Seydou KEITA \(1921\-2001\) \- Bamako, 1956 | Hessink's | €900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-bamako-1956-25-c-6cb0ecb6db
3. 2025-11-19 | Seydou Keita \(1923\-2001\) Seydou Keïta Photographs. Bamako, Mali 1948\- | Piasa | €120 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1923-2001-seydou-keita-photographs-bamako-mali-1948-138-c-d3b146b5ac
4. 2025-10-18 | Seydou Keita, Malayan 1921\-2001, The Girls from Mali | Black Art Auction | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-malayan-1921-2001-the-girls-from-mali-240-c-18c7066595
5. 2025-07-18 | SEYDOU KEITA \(1921\-2001\). Untitled. gelatin silver print23 ¾ x 19 ¼ in. \(60 | Christie's | $8,190 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-untitled-gelatin-silver-print23-3-4-x-19-1-4-in-60-142-c-c6d466aa32
6. 2024-02-22 | SEYDOU KEITA, UNTITLED, SILVER GELATIN PHOTO | Ashcroft and Moore | $900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-untitled-silver-gelatin-photo-142-c-bea4ed787d
7. 2024-01-25 | SEYDOU KEITA, UNTITLED, SILVER GELATIN PHOTO | Ashcroft and Moore | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-untitled-silver-gelatin-photo-137-c-def4522be0
8. 2024-01-04 | SEYDOU KEITA, UNTITLED, SILVER GELATIN PHOTO | Ashcroft and Moore | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-untitled-silver-gelatin-photo-186-c-f334bc096a
9. 2023-11-14 | SEYDOU KEITA, UNTITLED, SILVER GELATIN PHOTO | Ashcroft and Moore | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-untitled-silver-gelatin-photo-345-c-9b74a89840
10. 2023-10-19 | Seydou Keita \(1923\-2001\) Untitled \(\#420,\) 1950\-1952 | Hindman | $4,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1923-2001-untitled-420-1950-1952-16-c-c5c47729a4
11. 2023-07-01 | Seydou KEITA | Millon & Associes | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-407-c-6104528aa1
12. 2023-04-21 | Seydou Keita \(Malian, 1921\-2001\) | Neal Auction Company | $960 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-malian-1921-2001-309-c-cd84445aca
13. 2022-09-21 | Seydou Keita \(1923\-2001\) Sans titre \(deux jeunes filles assises\), 1952\-195 | Christie's | €5,670 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1923-2001-sans-titre-deux-jeunes-filles-assises-1952-195-149-c-bdc4d36870
14. 2021-12-15 | Seydou Keita \(1921\-2001\) \- Untitled \(Femme\), years 1950/1960 | Finarte | €500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-untitled-femme-years-1950-1960-103-c-54c404685c
15. 2021-10-07 | Seydou Keita \(1921\-2001\) \- Untitled, 1956 | Finarte | €3,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-untitled-1956-147-c-5414e198da
16. 2021-05-28 | Seydou Keita \(1921\-2001\) | Chiswick Auctions | £750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-220-c-3c5407fb2e
17. 2021-02-07 | SEYDOU KEITA \(1921\-2001\) 56 à 57, 1998. Tirage argentique. Signé, t | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | €10,584 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-56-a-57-1998-tirage-argentique-signe-t-300-c-d654b7b8be
18. 2020-12-15 | Seydou KEITA \(1921\-2001\) Portrait of a woman | Marie\-Saint Germain | €3,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-portrait-of-a-woman-103-c-46a4d18bb0
19. 2020-09-30 | SEYDOU KEITA \(1921–2001\) Untitled, 1958 gelatin silver print | Christie's | N/A
20. 2019-05-31 | Seydou Keita, Polizeibeamter der Kolonialverwaltung mit seinen beiden Ehefrauen, 1956 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €3,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-polizeibeamter-der-kolonialverwaltung-mit-seinen-beiden-ehefrauen-1956-128-c-59d4b1d863
21. 2019-05-31 | Seydou Keita, Untitled, 1959 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €2,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-untitled-1959-127-c-0c64056815
22. 2018-06-21 | SEYDOU KEITA \(1921\-2001\) | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr | €1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-101-c-4604198aaa
23. 2018-06-21 | SEYDOU KEITA \(1921\-2001\) | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr | €1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-100-c-d294b4aa72
24. 2018-06-21 | SEYDOU KEITA \(1921\-2001\) | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr | €1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seydou-keita-1921-2001-99-c-0ed4706a1c

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