Lot 44: Tunde Samuel Odunlade (Nigerian, born 1954) Paminku (Kill me and let me die), 1992 unframed

Paminku (Kill me and let me die), 1992
relief batik textile
170 x 158cm (66 15/16 x 62 3/16in).
unframed

Provenance:
Bonhams Chelsea, 13 September 2000, lot 38.

Exhibited:
London, October Gallery, 'Six African Artists', 18 November – 18 December 1993.

Tunde Odunlade trained under Olayinka Ademeyi, one of the founding members of the Oshogbo school and one of Nigeria's most prominent artists. The flamboyant embroidery of the Yoruba finery is evident in Odunlade's needlework pieces, which are applied in layers to batik backgrounds to create colleage-like patchworks.