Contemporary Evening Auction

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Property from a Distinguished Nigerian Collection

Ben Enwonwu

Chiekwe and Caro

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Property from a Distinguished Nigerian Collection

Ben Enwonwu

1917 - 1994

Chiekwe and Caro


signed Ben Enwonwu, dated 1967 and inscribed Onitsha

oil on canvas

89.2 by 68.5 cm. 35⅛ by 27 in.

Executed in 1967.


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知名尼日利亞收藏

本・恩萬武

1917 - 1994年

《卓可與卡蘿》


款識:藝術家簽名Ben Enwonwu、紀年1967並題款

油彩畫布

89.2 x 68.5 公分;35 ⅛ x 27 英寸

1967年作

This Lot has been withdrawn from the sale.

Private Collection, Nigeria

Oji Onoko, 'Exit of a Grandmaster', African Concord, December 1993, p. 35

Oji Onoko, Glimpses of Our Stars: An Intimate Encounter with Leading Nigerian Artistes, 1999, p. 459

Prof. Sylvester O. Ogbechie, Ben Enwonwu: The Making of an African Modernist, Rochester, 2008, p. 196

Matthew Lecznar, ‘Weathering the Storm: Ben Enwonwu’s Biafrascapes and the Crisis in the Nigerian Postcolony’, Tate Papers, no. 30, Autumn 2018, illustrated

London, Art Unlimited Gallery, Paintings and Sculptures by Ben Enwonwu, 17 October-10 November 1972, cat. no. 49, titled 'Chiekwe before her Second Death'

Lagos, Exhibition Centre, Management Consultant Services Ltd. presents Professor Ben Enwonwu's paintings and sculptures, 23 May - 6 June 1974 , cat. no. 11, titled 'Chiekwe and Caro'

London, Mall Galleries, Royal Society of British Artists, October 1985, cat. no. 189, titled 'Caro and Chiekwe'

Lagos, Residence of the British High Commissioner, Salon Exhibition of paintings and sculptures from 1985 London Exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists, October 1987, cat. no. 9, titled 'Chiekwe and Caro - story in oil'