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Lot 21

Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E
(Nigerian, 1917-1994)
Africa dances

8 October 2020, 17:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £18,812.50 inc. premium

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Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994)

Africa dances
signed and dated 'Enwonwu/ 1967' (lower right)
watercolour on paper laid to board
75 x 27.5cm (29 1/2 x 10 13/16in).

Footnotes

The present lot is an excellent example of Enwonwu's ability to express movement in his dance-themed paintings and sculptures. As Sylvester Ogbechie writes "In his paintings, he had tried to capture this essence [of Dance] by tracking the body in its motions through space, using fractal surfaces and many figures to convey the idea of vigorous movement, which carried the eye in quick jumps to multiple points of focus."

Bibliography
S. Ogbechie, Ben Enwonwu: The Making of an African Modernist, (Durham, 2008).

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