Modern and Contemporary African Art
Modern and Contemporary African Art
Ben Enwonwu
Nekede Village Market Owerri
Lot Closed
March 31, 02:05 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ben Enwonwu
Nigerian
1917-1994
Nekede Village Market Owerri
signed and dated 1949 (lower right)
oil on canvas
62.5 by 48cm., 24½ by 19in.
Framed: 76.5 by 61.5cm., 30 by 24¼in.
Acquired directly from the artist by a former classmate at Government College, Umuahia
Thence by direct descent to the present owner in 2005
Thence by direct descent to the present owner in 2005
London, Galerie Apollinaire, Second London Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Ben Enwonwu, July-August 1950, cat. no. 18
A preparatory study for the present lot was sold at Bonhams London in May 2007 titled A Forest Pathway, Nigeria