Bidspirit auction | Uche Okeke ”Mma-Nwa-Uli” Celotex Board

Uche Okeke ”Mma-Nwa-Uli” Celotex Board Print - Signed and numbered by the artist.  Limited Edition: 2/20 Date: 1972   Image: 17” x 16” Frame: 28 1/2” x 27”   Condition: There is foxing and toning to the paper. Some undulation is present.    Artist Bio:  Uche Okeke (1933-2016) was a Nigerian painter, illustrator, and teacher seminal to Nigerian modernism. A leader of the Zaria Rebels, he championed ”natural synthesis”-- merging indigenous Igbo traditions, particularly  uli , with contemporary practice. He later shaped a generation of artists as a professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.