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Boris Nzebo
COURS FAMILIALE
Estimate
UK: Greenford Park
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8,000 — 12,000
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Boris Nzebo
COURS FAMILIALE
Estimate
UK: Greenford Park
Lots marked W will be sent to Greenford Park Fine Art Storage Facility immediately after the auction.
Dagger
Normal VAT rules apply and the standard rate of VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium. In France the reduced rate is applied where the item is defined as a book for VAT purposes. In Australia GST is charged at the standard rate on both hammer price and premium.
8,000 — 12,000
GBP
LOT SOLD. 7,500 GBP
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Details & Cataloguing

Modern and Contemporary African Art

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Boris Nzebo
B. 1979
COURS FAMILIALE
signed (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
230 by 200cm., 90½ by 78¾in.
Painted in 2014
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Provenance

Jack Bell Gallery, 2014
Acquired from the above by present owner

Exhibited

London, Saatchi Gallery, Pangaea II: New Art from Africa and Latin America, 2015, illustrated in the catalogue, p. 122

Catalogue Note

Cameroonian artist Boris Nzebo's paintings are a visual multi-layering of city landscapes with the silhouettes of female hairstyles. The foreground of this work is formed of a yellow-green toned outline of a woman’s cornrowed head. The red-toned background depicts civilians roaming the neighbourhood, where chickens and pots are dispersed on a porch. Here, Nzebo juxtaposes modern and traditional themes through his combination of elaborate hairstyles, urban scenes, and rural elements.

A bustling major city in Cameroon, Douala is home to a variety of local hair salons that advertise with colourful painted signage. The bold lines, flatness, and bright colours of Cours Familiale are reminiscent of these illustrated advertisements and the stylistic techniques of pop art.

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Modern and Contemporary African Art

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