8 Apr 2009
14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street
Africa Now: African Contemporary Art
Back to auction 16771
Africa Now: African Contemporary Art
Back to auction 16771
El Anatsui (Ghanaian, born 1944)
Sculpture 2 (Helicopter)
carved wood
109 x 47 x 47cm (42 15/16 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2in)
in two pieces (2)
carved wood
109 x 47 x 47cm (42 15/16 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2in)
in two pieces (2)
Sold for
£30,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
A private collection, Berlin.
Exhibited:
Windhoek, National Art Gallery of Namibia, 1998.
Illustrated:
H. Bogatzke, R. Brockmann, C. Ludszuweit, Ondambo-African Art Forum/Afrika Kunst Forum, pg 197.
This work was produced at ONDAMBO, the First International Workshop for African Artists, which was held at Arandis in the Namib desert from 4-12 December 1997. El Anatsui participated with eight other prominent African artists: Joe Madisia, Willie Bester, Valente Malangatana, António Olé, Tapfuma Gutsa, El Loko, John Liebenberg, and Romouald Hazoumé.
Category: Fine Art / African, Modern and Contemporary Art
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