Lot 88: Lamidi Olonade Fakeye

(Nigerian, 1928-2009), Figural Panel with Four Scenes Depicting the Yoruba Culture, 1968, signed at top "L.O. Fakeye", carved mahogany, 77-1/2 x 23-1/4 in., light abrasions, two small splits at top Lamidi Olonade is an important fifth-generation woodcarver of the Fakeye family of Ila Oragun, Nigeria. For more information see Smithsonian Institution, [The Carver Among Us], 1999. Works by this artist can be found at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, and The African Room, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

light abrasions, two small splits at top