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Untitled

(Ghanaian, born in 1944, active in Nigeria)
1988
Medium/TechniqueSilkscreen ink on cotton cloth
DimensionsOverall: 294.9 × 133.1 cm (116 1/8 × 52 3/8 in.)
Credit LineStephen D. and Susan W. Paine Acquisition Fund for 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Irving W. and Charlotte F. Rabb Acquisition Fund for the Department of Contemporary Art, and Art of Africa and Oceania Discretionary Fund
Accession number2019.5
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1980s, probably acquired from the artist by Christoph Ludszuweit (b. 1954- d. 2018), Berlin [see note]; November 17, 2018, posthumous Ludszuweit sale, Zemanek-Munster, Wurzburg, lot 201-56, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 20, 2018)

NOTE: From 1983 until 1988, Christoph Ludszuweit taught at the University of Nigeria, where the artist was also a Senior Lecturer.

CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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