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Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994) The Female Form image 1
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Lot 69

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

28 February 2018, 17:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £110,000 inc. premium

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

The Female Form
signed and dated 'BEN ENWONWU 1987' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
74 x 54cm (29 1/8 x 21 1/4in).

Footnotes

Provenance
A private collection, London.

Literature
Gbile Oshadipe, 'Master artist, Ben Enwonwu is 70', Lagos Life, (February, 1991), illustrated p.7.


An article was published in the magazine, Lagos Life, to mark the occasion of Enwonwu's 70th birthday. The author referred to the artist as the "patriarch of Nigerian art", and "the measure with which other artists are judged". The present lot was illustrated in the paper as "one of Ben Enwonwu's renowned works".

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