Modern & Contemporary African Auction
Modern & Contemporary African Auction
Ben Enwonwu
Abstract Figures (Africa Dances)
Lot Closed
October 20, 02:20 PM GMT
Estimate
18,000 - 24,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ben Enwonwu
Nigerian
1921-1994
Abstract Figures (Africa Dances)
signed and dated 1958 (lower left); titled and dated (on gallery label adhered to the stretcher on the reverse)
oil on canvas
91.5 by 30.6cm., 36 by 12in.
framed: 101 by 40cm., 39¾ by 15¾in.
Private Collection, UK, 2004
Acquired from the above by Michael Graham-Stewart and Michael Stevenson
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by Michael Graham-Stewart and Michael Stevenson
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Michael Stevenson, Michael Graham-Stewart & Johans Borman, Take Your Road and Travel Along: The Advent of the Modern Black Painter in Africa, 2008, illustrated in colour, p.75