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BEN ENWONWU | CHRISTINE Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 GBP Lot Sold: 1,095,000 GBP Lot Details Description BEN ENWONWU Nigerian 1921-1994 CHRISTINE signed and dated 1971 (lower left) oil on canvas 76.3 by 61cm., 30 by 24in. Condition Report Cataloguing Provenance Acquired directly from the artist in 1971 Thence by descent Exhibited Lagos, Exhibition Centre,  Management Consultant Services Ltd. presents Professor Ben Enwonwu's Paintings and Sculptures , 23 May-6 June 1974, illustrated in the catalogue, cat no. 56A, titled 'Mrs. Christine Davis'    Catalogue Note Spanning close to 60 years, Ben Enwonwu’s artistic career followed one of the most important periods of Modern Nigerian history; the journey from a British colony to a newly independent African nation. Nigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960, and with it the country was in search of a new post-colonial identity. Ben Enwonwu MBE became an advocate for a new Nigerian national c...

Source: ART AFRICA In ‘Committed to the Medium,’ Valerie Kabov considers the rise of new painting from Zimbabwe. This article is available in full in the most recent ‘Painting’s Not Dead!’ (13.4) issue of ARTsouthAFRICA , which is the final edition of the magazine you have known and loved for over thirteen years. Look out for Kabov’s article, titled ‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Global Art Market’ in the upcoming, inaugural edition of ART AFRICA ! CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT : Mavis Tauzeni, Eve’s Diaries Pt 4 , 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 160 cm; Wycliffe Mundopa, Paradise of Vice , 2015. Oil on canvas; Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Love Pirates part 1 , 2015. Oil on canvas; Wycliffe Mundopa, Myths of Harare (Drowning in air) , 2014. Mixed media on canvas, 178 x 235. 5 cm; Gresham Tapiwa, Nyaude Dog’s Life Part 2 & 1 , 2015. Oil on canvas, 180 x 210 cm. All images are details. All images courtesy of First Floor Gallery Harare. At the recent art fairs in Cape Town and Johannesburg th...