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Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994) Male and female dancers, a pair 22 1/2 x 4 3/8in (57.2 x 11.1cm) each. (2) image 1
Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994) Male and female dancers, a pair 22 1/2 x 4 3/8in (57.2 x 11.1cm) each. (2) image 2
Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994) Male and female dancers, a pair 22 1/2 x 4 3/8in (57.2 x 11.1cm) each. (2) image 3
Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994) Male and female dancers, a pair 22 1/2 x 4 3/8in (57.2 x 11.1cm) each. (2) image 4
Lot 8

Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E
(Nigerian, 1917-1994)
Male and female dancers, a pair 22 1/2 x 4 3/8in (57.2 x 11.1cm) each. (2)

4 May 2021, 14:00 EDT
New York

US$25,000 - US$35,000

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Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994)

Male and female dancers, a pair
both signed and dated 'Ben Enwonwu 1951' (lower right)
gouache on paper
22 1/2 x 4 3/8in (57.2 x 11.1cm) each.
(2)

Footnotes

Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Vice Consul Robert Ross of the US Embassy;
By direct descent to the current owner.

Vice Consul Robert W. Ross served in the US Embassy in Lagos from 1951 - 53, whilst there he reported to Washington on the British attempts at constitutional reform prior to independence.

In Sylvester Ogbechie's monograph 'Ben Enwonwu, the making of an African Modernist' a very similar pair dated c.1951-54 are illustrated on page 99.

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