Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 407
Twins Seven Seven (1944 - 1977) Anti-Masqurade nesting in the home of red skulls mixed media on...
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £800
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Description
Twins Seven Seven (1944 - 1977)
Anti-Masqurade nesting in the home of red skulls
mixed media on plywood
titled, signed and dated - ANTI-MASQURADE NESTING IN THE HOME OF RED SKULLS Painting by Twins Seven Seven BOX 68 OSHOGBO 1968,
121.5cm x 61cm.
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.