MALANGATANA NGWENYA | UNTITLED (SELECTION FOR SEVILLA)
Auction Closed
October 15, 03:23 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
MALANGATANA NGWENYA
Mozambican
1936-2011
UNTITLED (SELECTION FOR SEVILLA)
inscribed 21:3/2 (upper right)
oil on canvas
173.5 by 134.5cm., 68¼ by 53in.
Private Collection, Mozambique
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Lisbon, Instituto Camões, Malangatana-De Matalana a Matalana-Exposicion de Pinturas, 1999, illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 66 & 72
The present lot was originally exhibited as the top half of a vertical dyptich dated 1992, the same year Malangatana participated in the exhibition at the Arts Pavilion in the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92).