Uzo Egonu (Nigerian, 1931-1996) Man with a glass of beer
Provenance : Illustrated O.Oguibe, Uzo Egonu: An African Artist in the West,(London 1995), p.140 Born in Nigeria in 1931, Uzo Egonu moved to England in 1945 where he would subsequently stay until his death in 1996. He studied at two prestigious art schools, Camberwell School of Art and St Martin's School of Art. By the time the present lot was executed in 1979, Egonu was an established and internationally successful artist. In the 1970s, he had already exhibited at the Camden Arts Centre in London, Kresge Art Gallery at Michigan State University, Three Dimensions Gallery in California and FESTAC in Lagos, Nigeria. Man with a glass of beer is part of a wider series that Egonu completed in the late 1970s, where he became obsessed with everyday habits of ordinary people.
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Condition_report : The work is in good original condition.
