EL ANATSUI (B. 1944)

Lot 17
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ID 1044971
Lot 17 | EL ANATSUI (B. 1944)
Estimate value
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EL ANATSUI (B. 1944)

Warrior

aluminium and copper wire

124 x 137 ¾in. (315 x 350cm.)

Executed in 2015





Provenance

Zeitz MOCAA Benefit sale, Christie's London, 8 March 2017, lot 197 (donated by the artist).

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

L. Pereira, ‘The Recipient of the Venice Biennale Golden Lion El Anatsui is Opening an Exhibition at October Gallery London’, in WIDEWALLS, January 2016 (illustrated in colour).

T. Sowole, ‘After Venice Biennale Glory, Anatsui Shows New Works in London’, in The Guardian Nigeria News, 31 January 2016 (illustrated in colour).

A. Shaw, ‘El Anatsui unveils new bottle-top works in London’, in The Art Newspaper, 4 February 2016.



Exhibited

Hamar, Kunstbanken Senter for Samtidskunst, El Anatsui: Of Dzi, 2015.

London, October Gallery, El Anatsui: New Works, 2016, p. 7 (illustrated in colour, front cover and p. 22).
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