Lot 42
  • 42

ROMUALD HAZOUMÈ | Ma Poule

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Romuald Hazoumè
  • Ma Poule
  • found objects
  • 46 by 42 by 12cm., 16½ by 16½ by 4¾in.
  • Executed in 2013

Provenance

October Gallery, London, 2014
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, October Gallery, The Armory Show, 2014
London, October Gallery, 35 Years of Transvangarde, 2014
London, October Gallery, 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, 2014
London, October Gallery, Interwoven Histories, 2014

Condition

The work is made from found materials, and as a result bears multiple scratches and surface dirt throughout, which are consistent with the material and considered to be artist intent. There are also loose hair fibres on the top of the mask, consistent with the material.
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