Lot 69
  • 69

EPHREM SOLOMON | The Two Sorrow Face

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ephrem Solomon
  • The Two Sorrow Face
  • signed and dated 2013 (lower left, on the reverse)
  • woodcut engraving and mixed media
  • 90 by 95cm., 35½ by 37½in.

Provenance

Tiwani Contemporary, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014

Exhibited

London, Tiwani Contemporary, Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life, 2014
London, Saatchi Gallery, Pangaea II: New Art from Africa and Latin America, 2015, cat. no. 80, illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 142

Condition

Please note that this work is unframed. There is a thin layer of surface dirt particularly visible on the areas with black paint. Any surface marks are consistent with the material and the engravings of the artist, thus considered to be his intent. The edges of the work exhibit some minor wear. Overall the work appears to be in good original condition.
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