Twins Seven Seven (1944 - 1977) The Ram Masqurade mixed media on plywood titled

Twins Seven Seven (1944 - 1977)

The Ram Masqurade

mixed media on plywood

titled, signed and dated - THE RAM MASQURADE Painting by Twins Seven Seven BOX 68 OSHOGBO MAY 68 NIGERIA,

121.5cm x 60cm.

Provenance

John Innes-Farquhar, bought directly from the artist in 1968 and thence by descent.

Prince Twins Seven Seven changed his birth name, Olaniyi Osuntoki, to signal his status as the sole surviving child of his parents' seven sets of twins. In the 1960's he discovered his artistic calling on joining the Oshogbo art school, where the myths of Yoruba culture, many recited by his mother were the subject matter of his works. Using ink and paint on large sheets of plywood, with the colours and patterns reminiscent of the traditional textiles.