Prison drawing by NelsonMandela sells for R1,6m in New York
A drawing by late president Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island - where he was held for 18 years - sold on Thursday in New York for $112 575 .
The wax pastel crayon drawing shows a few bars of the cell door and a key in the lock, sketched in purple. #SaleUpdate: "The Cell Door, Robben Island" by #NelsonMandela, sold for $112,575 inc. premium in today's Modern and Contemporary African Art in NY. The work, which Mandela created in 2002, was one of the few the statesman kept for his personal collection https://t.co/1fBKM8AUcJ pic.twitter.com/fUv17HXgPd
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