Late former South African president Nelson Mandela prison drawing of the door to his prison cell on Robben Island has been sold for $112,575 in New York sever, reports say.
The drawing captures the door of the prison cell where he was held for 18 years. It is a wax pastel crayon drawing sketched in purple, showing a few bars of the cell door and a key in the lock. It was inspired by the struggle against apartheid and was kept by Mandela himself until his death in 2013.
After his death, Mandela’s daughter Pumla Makaziwe Mandela previously had the work in her possession.
The Cell Door, Robben Island, completed in 2002 by the Nobel peace laureate — exceeded the top end of the estimated range provided by Bonhams, which put its value at $60,000 to $90,000, EWN reports.
Nelson Mandela was jailed for 27 years in total. Mandela was jailed from 1962 to 1990. He was held at Robben Island off Cape Town from 1964 to 1982. Mandela served as South African president from 1994 to 1999.
