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Bruce Onobrakpeya (Nigerian, born 1932) Four works on paper image 1
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Lot 64

Bruce Onobrakpeya
(Nigerian, born 1932)
Four works on paper

8 October 2025, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Bruce Onobrakpeya (Nigerian, born 1932)

Four works on paper
i)
Eknoregbe IV
editioned '4/40 Eknoregbe IV (Yellow base)' (lower left), inscribed 'Deep Etching (Plastograph)' (lower centre), signed and dated 'Bruce Onobrakpeya Lagos June 1984' (lower right)
deep etching and plastograph
sheet size: 32.5 x 41.5cm (12 13/16 x 16 5/16in).
image size: 30.5 x 40.5cm (12 x 15 15/16in).

ii)
Burning Wetland IV
editioned and titled 'E 3/7 Burning Wetland IV' (lower left), inscribed 'Additive Plastograph' (lower centre), signed and dated 'Bruce Onobrakpeya/ Lagos April, 1999' (lower right)
additive plastograph
sheet size: 30 x 23.5cm (11 13/16 x 9 1/4in).
image size: 27.5 x 22.5cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/8in).

iii)
Osagae Igambari
editioned and titled '6/30 Osageae Igambari (Green Base)' (lower left), inscribed 'Additive Plastograph', signed and dated 'Bruce Onobrakpeya/ Lagos July, 1987' (lower right)
additive plastograph
sheet size: 72 x 47cm (28 3/8 x 18 1/2in).
image size: 69 x 45.5cm (27 3/16 x 17 15/16in).

iv)
Three Standing Forms
editioned and titled '16/20 Three Standing Forms' (lower left), inscribed 'Deep Etching' (lower centre), signed and dated 'Bruce Onobrakpeya August 1969' (lower right)
deep relief etching
sheet size: 57 x 67cm (22 7/16 x 26 3/8in).
image size: 44.5 x 59cm (17 1/2 x 23 1/4in).


30.5 x 40.5cm (12 x 15 15/16in).

Footnotes

Literature
Dozie Igweze, The Storyteller of Agbarha-Otor: Bruce Onobrakpeya's Visual Tales, (Hourglass Gallery: October, 2015) ((i)cover image)

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