Modern and Contemporary African Art

Demas N. Nwoko

Folly

Lot Closed

March 31, 02:07 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Demas N. Nwoko

Nigerian

b.1935

Folly

signed and dated 5/60 (lower right); titled (on the reverse)

oil on board

58 by 119.4cm., 22¾ by 47in.

Framed: 69 by 130cm., 27¼ by 51¼in.

Michael Crowder (1934-1988), acquired directly from the artist

Bequeathed to the current owner

Ulli Beier, 'Contemporary Nigerian Art', Nigeria: A Quarterly Magazine, no. 68, March 1961, illustrated in colour p.44

Daniel Olaniyan Babalola, The Nigerian Artist of the Millennium: Historian, Builder, Aesthetician and Visioner, 2004, p.47, plate 5.5