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

Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994)
Dancers
i)
signed and dated 'BEN ENWONWU/ 1954' (lower left); inscribed '108/18 / 145/ 2' and bears a label inscribed 'BEN ENWONWU/ AFRICAN DANCER/ 1' (verso)
gouache on paper
50 x 12.3cm (19 11/16 x 4 13/16in).

ii)
signed and dated 'BEN ENWONWU 1954' (lower left); bears a 13th September 2000 Bonhams label and a further label inscribed 'BEN ENWONWU/ 1954/ DANCERS/ GOUACHE ON PAPER' (verso)
gouache on paper
50 x 12.3cm (19 11/16 x 4 13/16in).
Footnotes:
Provenance
Bonhams sale, Modern & Contemporary African Art, (September 2000), Lot 68;
A private collection.

Literature
S. Ogbechie, Ben Enwonwu: The Making of an African Modernist, (Durham, 2008), p. 99. (illustrated).
Clementine Deliss, Seven Stories about Modern art in Africa (Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1995), p. 44. (illustrated).
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