Moke Auction Prices and Value Guide

Moke auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 83 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Moke auction prices: quick answer

Moke auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Moke
Source records
83
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Moke

Born

1950

Died

2001

Nationality

Congolese, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Also known as

Moké, Monsengwo Kejwamfi

Moke, commonly rendered Moké, was a Congolese painter born in Ibe in 1950. His documented name was Monsengwo Kejwamfi. After moving to Kinshasa as a teenager, he developed his career within the city's community of self-taught commercial and popular painters. By the 1970s, he had become a leading figure in Congolese popular painting, using the modern city as his principal subject. His pictures record crowded intersections, nightlife, outdoor bars, music, leisure, political gatherings, and other features of Kinshasa's public life. Documentary photography, particularly the work of Jean Dapara, informed his attention to social activity and urban observation. Early in his career, Moké made landscape pictures on discarded cardboard; later dated paintings include scenes such as Kinshasa at Noon and Long Live Utex Africa. Collectors encounter his work as vivid visual evidence of postcolonial Kinshasa and as part of the broader history of modern Congolese popular painting.

Congolese popular paintingPostcolonial Kinshasa urban artPaintingEarly pictures painted on discarded cardboardDaily life in KinshasaKinshasa nightlife and outdoor barsMusic performances and leisure scenesCrowded streets, pedestrians, and traffic

Common works and media

The documented body of work consists primarily of paintings. Common subjects include Kinshasa street life, busy intersections, nightlife, bars, music performances, leisure scenes, political rallies, and public gatherings. Early pictures on discarded cardboard are also documented. Works attributed to the artist should be matched carefully across the names Moke, Moké, and Monsengwo Kejwamfi.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work catalogued as Moke should first reconcile the name with the accented form Moké and the documented name Monsengwo Kejwamfi. The strongest available context identifies paintings, including early pictures on cardboard and dated urban scenes of Kinshasa. Relevant comparisons should therefore be filtered by work type or support, subject, and date rather than treating every record under the name as equivalent. The source pack indicates 83 associated Appraisily auction records, but it does not expose lot-level descriptions, dimensions, condition, provenance, estimates, or realized prices. Those records should be reviewed directly before drawing any price conclusion, and no market trend can be inferred from the present identity sources alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Kinshasa urban-life scenes

Value drivers

  1. Work type and support, including whether a picture belongs to the artist's documented early practice on discarded cardboard
  2. Subject matter and its relationship to Moké's documented scenes of Kinshasa streets, nightlife, music, leisure, and public events
  3. Date and placement within the artist's career, including comparison with institutionally documented dated works
  4. Comparable public auction records associated with the artist should be filtered by work type, support, subject, and sale date before drawing a value conclusion
  5. Correct identity matching across the names Moke, Moké, and Monsengwo Kejwamfi

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack reports 83 associated Appraisily records but provides no lot-level descriptions, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, estimates, or realized prices.
  • The available evidence supports artist identity and artistic context more strongly than market performance or price trends.
  • The unaccented name Moke may produce unrelated search results, so records require identity-level review.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Moke

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Moke worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

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