Thursday, February 08, 2007

Emerging Spirit

Not the Emerging Spirit I'm with, but fascinating nevertheless. This was auctioned off on eBay this week for US $7500. Here's the info on it:

Emerging Spirit
by ADEMOLA OLUGEBEFOLA (1941 - )

Mixed media and collage on heavy wove paper, 1970-71. 610x457 mm; 24x18 inches. Signed and dated ''69 in gouache, lower left.
Ademola''s work demonstrates the experimentation in collage and Afro-centric themes in painting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The artist and jazz musician has a wide influence in the Harlem art scene with his graphic and illustrative arts in addition to his painting and drawing.
Provenance: Ex-collection the artist; Thomas Matthias, Grinnell Collection; Archibald Arts, New York.

Exhibited: Black Art: Ancestral Legacy, Dallas Museum of Arts, The Virginia Museum of Fine Art, High Museum of Atlanta, traveling exhibition, 1989-1990.

Illustrated: Black Art: Ancestral Legacy, Dallas Museum of Arts, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1989, p. 209.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous8:57 AM

    I think this would make a good tattoo!

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