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Lot 6

Uzo Egonu
(Nigerian, 1931-1996)
Dancers

12 October 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £16,500 inc. premium

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Uzo Egonu (Nigerian, 1931-1996)

Dancers
signed and dated 'Egonu/ 64' (upper right); inscribed with title on the artist's label (verso)
oil on board
122 x 91cm (48 1/16 x 35 13/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Dr John Akar, Sierra Leone ambassador to the United States, circa late 1960s;
Bonhams' sale, May 2013, lot 112;
A private collection.

Literature
O. Oguibe, Uzo Egonu: An African Artist in the West, (London, 1995), illustrated in a photograph of the artist in his studio, p. 10

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