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( Nigerian, 1917 - 1994 )
Seven wooden sculptures commissioned by the Daily Mirror in 1960
Materials:
African hardwood
Size Notes:
1; 2: 160 x 90 x 40cm; 3: 174 x 96 x 45cm; 4: 227 x 95 x 45cm; 5: 185 x 90 x 45cm; 6: 187 x 32 x 20cm; 7: 165 x 53 x 35cm
Markings:
1: signed and dated 'B.E. 1961'(to lower back); 2: signed and dated 'B.E. 1961' (to back of left leg); 3: signed and dated 'B.E. 1961' (to left arm); 4: signed and dated 'BEN ENWONWU 1961' (to right leg); 5: signed and dated 'B.E.61' (to left pocket); 6: signed and dated 'BEN ENWONWU 1961' (to right side of newspaper); 7: signed and dated 'BEN ENWONWU / 1961' (to stool)
Literature:
O. Offoedu-Okeke, Artists of Nigeria, (Milan, 2012), p.48~S. Ogbechie, Ben Enwonwu: The Making of an African Modernist, (Rochester, 2008), pp.131-2~'When News Takes Wings', Daily Mirror, (6 September, 1961), p.3
Provenance:
: ~Commissioned from the artist by the Daily Mirror in 1960 ~Mirror Group Newspapers ~~~
Seven wooden sculptures commissioned by the Daily Mirror in 1960 1961
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