Modern & Contemporary African Art

Modern & Contemporary African Art

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Sane Wadu

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.