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JIMOH AKOLO | SEATED FIGURE

Lot Closed

March 31, 01:22 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

JIMOH AKOLO

Nigerian

b.1934

SEATED FIGURE

signed and dated 1963 (lower right)

oil on canvas

124.5 by 100cm., 49 by 39¼in.

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Collection of Dennis Duerden, Nigeria

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Jimoh Akolo was a founding member of the Nigerian Zaria Art Society (1958-62), along with Yusuf Grillo and Bruce Onobrakpeya. Akolo studied under the tutelage of Dennis Duerden, author of The Invisible Present and former education officer in the Nigerian Colonial Service.