Modern & Contemporary African Art | and CCA Lagos Benefit Auction
Modern & Contemporary African Art | and CCA Lagos Benefit Auction
Old Curtain
Lot Closed
March 22, 03:37 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
El Anatsui
Ghanaian
b.1944
Old Curtain
signed and dated 1999 (lower right); titled ( on the reverse)
tempera on tropical hardwoods
166 by 76cm., 65¼ by 30in.
Private Collection, Nigeria
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Works such as the present lot have undoubtedly paved the way for Nigeria-based Ghanaian artist, El Anatsui. Although this brilliant artist is most widely recognized for his glittering bottle cap tapestries, El Anatsui’s wooden sculptures remain at the heart of his practice and are considered the hallmark of his early career and precursors to the metal installations that made him famous on an international scale.