Modern and Contemporary African Art

Ben Enwonwu

Nekede Village Market Owerri

Lot Closed

March 31, 02:05 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Ben Enwonwu

Nigerian

1917-1994

Nekede Village Market Owerri

signed and dated 1949 (lower right)

oil on canvas

62.5 by 48cm., 24½ by 19in.

Framed: 76.5 by 61.5cm., 30 by 24¼in.

Acquired directly from the artist by a former classmate at Government College, Umuahia
Thence by direct descent to the present owner in 2005

A preparatory study for the present lot was sold at Bonhams London in May 2007 titled A Forest Pathway, Nigeria