Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994) Rhapsody In
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2018-01-01 | The composition is very similar to a work Enwonwu executed the previous year, titled The Female Form (sold in our saleroom in February 2018)
2018-01-01 | (Ben Enwonwu) ‘The Female Form, sold in our saleroom in February 2018 for
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- Acquired from the artist by a private collector, early 1990s
- By direct descent to present owner
- Although Enwonwu did not title this painting Negritude, Rhapsody in Blue (Nudes) displays all the characteristic features of this theme
- The centrally-positioned black silhouette of a female nude sits semireclined; her body cuts a diagonal line across the picture plane, her legs extending to the lower left corner
- The black outline is sharply contrasted by the vibrant blue and yellow backdrop
- Here too, Enwonwu uses the silhouette of a black female nude to express his solidarity with the Negritude movement, and celebrate the beauty of black culture. ’Darkest Africa’ to me does not imply things primitive, but the darkness of trees silhouetted against the light; the darkness of ebony; the darkness of people
- Many of my paintings are of dancing women, I see them in the trees
- I call this the humanized form of symbolic art...I elongate because of the feelings I have as a Nigerian, for the Nigerians are aspiring to grow, in politics, in trade, in art, in every aspect of life
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