# Zwelethu Mthethwa - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T19:01:46.542Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 40
- Lots with prices: 29
- First auction date: 2004-05-12
- Latest auction date: 2024-02-27
- Median realised price: $7,800
- Price range: $330 to $136,416

## Market Takeaway
Zwelethu Mthethwa has 40 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,800. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($7,800\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,800 to $13,750\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 6.9% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.6% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 34.5% (10 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2024-02-27
- Days since latest sale: 797
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Phillips: 7 lots
- Strauss & Co: 6 lots
- Stephan Welz & Co: 5 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Piasa: 2 lots
- Art\-Rite: 1 lots
- Artcurial: 1 lots
- Cambi Casa d'Aste: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-02-27 | ZWELETHU MTHETHWA, LOT OF TWO CATALOGUES | Art\-Rite | N/A
2. 2023-12-19 | Zwelethu Mthethwa Nascita: 1960 Alternative Spaces 2 | Cambi Casa d'Aste | €3,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-zwelethu-mthethwa-nascita-1960-alternative-spaces-2-76-c-0b94070ada
3. 2023-12-12 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(1960\) \- South Africa, 1998 | Finarte | €330
4. 2023-04-11 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(b. 1960\), "The Visit," 1977, Lithograph on paper, Sight: 39" H x 27.5" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $406
5. 2023-04-11 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(b. 1960\), Wedding party, 1997, Oil pastel on paper, Sheet: 57.5" H x 42.5" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,000
6. 2021-02-11 | Zwelethu Mthethwa, Untitled | Wright | $2,400
7. 2020-06-30 | ZWELETHU MTHETHWA \(né en 1960\) \- Sans titre, 1998\-99. | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
8. 2019-11-07 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(né en 1960, Afrique du Sud\) Untitled from Interior Series, 2001 | Piasa | N/A
9. 2019-11-07 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(né en 1960, Afrique du Sud\) Untitled from Interior Series n°16, 2003\-2006 | Piasa | €4,550
10. 2016-10-18 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(South African 1960\-\) THE SILENT | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A
11. 2016-10-06 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(South African, born 1960\) Untitled \(1998\-9\) | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2015-11-09 | Zwelethu Mthethwa, Neighbour's Ambulance, signed a | Strauss & Co | N/A
13. 2015-11-09 | Zwelethu Mthethwa, ...Break..., signed and dated ' | Strauss & Co | N/A
14. 2015-10-20 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(South African 1960\-\-\) TWO FIGUR | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 36,160
15. 2015-10-20 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(South African 1960\-\-\) THE SMOKE | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 45,928
16. 2015-10-20 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(South African 1960\-\-\) SELF PORT | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A
17. 2014-11-10 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \- Good Times | Strauss & Co | ZAR 136,416
18. 2013-11-11 | Zwelethu Mthethwa, Midnight Stroll | Strauss & Co | ZAR 68,208
19. 2013-06-04 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(South African 1960\-\) PORTRAIT 9 | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 22,400
20. 2012-06-19 | Zwelethu Mthethwa, South African b.1960\- 'Portrait | Roseberys | £1,800
21. 2012-06-11 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \- Two Figures in a Bedroom | Strauss & Co | N/A
22. 2012-06-11 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \- Untitled | Strauss & Co | ZAR 12,254
23. 2011-05-31 | Zwelethu Mthethwa \(Durban 1960\). From the 'Project | Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen GmbH | €4,500
24. 2011-05-19 | ZWELETHU MTHETHWA | Phillips | £7,500

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