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Maker:
Bruce Onobrakpeya, born 1932, Nigeria  Search this
Medium:
Deep etching on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 69.5 x 50.9 cm (27 3/8 x 20 1/16 in.)
Type:
Print
Geography:
Nigeria
Date:
1970
Series:
6/60
Label Text:
The title refers to the reaction of people to the news of the end of the Nigerian civil war. Beginning in 1967, this conflict arose from ethnic and religious rivalries and disputes over the new oil industry. It ended in 1970 after 100,000 military casualties and between 500,000 and 2 million civilians’ deaths. Onobrakpeya would depict the stunned--perhaps exhausted--people in the market in paintings, drawings and several different colored editions of prints.
Description:
Deep etching on paper of three standing women with decorative textile skirts.
Provenance:
Purchased 1970, Lagos, Nigeria
Exhibition History:
Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue - From the Collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Camille O. and William H. Cosby, Jr., National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, November 7, 2014-January 24, 2016
African Mosaic: Selections from the Permanent Collection, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2013–August 12, 2019 (deinstalled October 15, 2014)
African Mosaic: Celebrating a Decade of Collecting, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2010-November 19, 2013
Published References:
Kreamer, Christine Mullen and Adrienne L. Childs (eds). 2014. Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue from the Collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Camille O. and William H. Cosby, Jr. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, p. 143, pl. 61.
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Topic:
female  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of the George I. and Jean Lythcott family
Object number:
93-19-1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© 1970 Bruce Onobrakpeya
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Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys76a1e457f-7d75-4ecb-ab5d-1b4015cd94a3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_93-19-1