Modern and Contemporary African Art
Modern and Contemporary African Art
Ben Enwonwu
Africa Dances II
Lot Closed
March 31, 02:21 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ben Enwonwu
Nigerian
1917-1994
Africa Dances II
signed and dated 1951 (lower left), titled and stamped with 'Bureau de Paris Batignolles' stamp (on the reverse)
gouache on card
79 by 24cm.,31 by 9½in.
Elizabeth Turner Arts
Private Collection, UK
Thence by direct descent to the present owner
Private Collection, UK
Thence by direct descent to the present owner
London, Berkeley Galleries, 1952
Paris, Galerie Palmes, October 1952 (probably)
Paris, Galerie Palmes, October 1952 (probably)
The 'Bureau de Paris Batignolles' stamp suggests the present lot was also included in the artist’s October 1952 exhibition of paintings at Galerie Palmes, 3 Place Saint-Sulpice, opened by African American writer and fellow Présence Africaine contributor Richard Wright (1908-1960).
Please note this lot is sold unframed.