Eton
Bruce Onobrakpeya (Agbara-Otor 1932)
Lot-No. 234
Metal foil/resin/wood, 50 x 68 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. Bruce Onobrakpeya 1984, lo. le. num. 15/30 as well as titled. - Prov.: Acquired by the consignor from the artist. - Nigerian painter, graphic artist a. sculptor. After working as art teacher O. studied at the Zaria University in Nigeria 1957-1962. By taking contemporary Western a. African traditions O. developed his own distinctive style. He is one of the most important exponents of contemporary Nigerian art, he exhibited among others in the Tate Modern a. in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. - Mus.: Lagos, New York, Rome, Washington, Baghdad a. others. - Lit.: S. Quel: B. O., Sahelian Masquerades, Lagos 1988.
Bruce Onobrakpeya: Eton
Bruce Onobrakpeya (Agbara-Otor 1932)
Eton
Lot-No. 234
Metal foil/resin/wood, 50 x 68 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. Bruce Onobrakpeya 1984, lo. le. num. 15/30 as well as titled. - Prov.: Acquired by the consignor from the artist. - Nigerian painter, graphic artist a. sculptor. After working as art teacher O. studied at the Zaria University in Nigeria 1957-1962. By taking contemporary Western a. African traditions O. developed his own distinctive style. He is one of the most important exponents of contemporary Nigerian art, he exhibited among others in the Tate Modern a. in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. - Mus.: Lagos, New York, Rome, Washington, Baghdad a. others. - Lit.: S. Quel: B. O., Sahelian Masquerades, Lagos 1988.