Modern & Contemporary African Art
Modern & Contemporary African Art
Broken Calabash
Lot Closed
March 21, 03:48 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Sane Wadu
Kenyan
b.1954
Broken Calabash
signed and dated 1984 (lower left); titled (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
66.5 by 89cm., 26⅛ by 35in.
framed: 69.5 by 92cm., 27⅜ by 36¼in.
Private Collection, Nairobi
Mukami Kuria, Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute (NCAI), Sane Wadu Rosie Olang' Odhiambo, I Hope So: Sane Wadu, illustrated in colour on the cover
The reverse of this work bears an adhered label with the following text: This old man is very fortunate. He accidentally breaks his wine calabash. He's very worried, meantime one of his wives comes to comfort him' Don't worry dear' she had a reserve gourd full of wine.