Untitled
Untitled

On view

African Art

Untitled,

1961

Jean Nakadulu Luvwezo, born 1938, Democratic Republic of the Congo
L.2025.15

This painting by Jean Nakadulu Luvwezo, Class of 1963, was acquired by Princeton resident Robert Weldon Wright in 1961. Wright grew up in the Jackson-Witherspoon community of Princeton and attended the Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children and Princeton High School. His uncle was a steward at the Key and Seal Club; his father, a cook for Dr. Robert Wicks, former dean of the Princeton Chapel. His mother and aunts were domestics in the homes of prominent Princetonians. An amateur photographer, Wright had an eye for the abstract. He said he was first attracted to the vibrant colors of Luvwezo’s piece but saw so much more. He remembered meeting Luvwezo on or near campus selling his work, and he immediately offered to buy it. Wright built the frame, and the painting found a home above the fireplace in the Dempsey Avenue house he shared with his wife and two sons.

Robert Wright and Allison Davis, family of Robert Weldon Wright

Information

Title
Untitled
Dates

1961

Maker
Jean Nakadulu Luvwezo
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
81.9 × 132.1 cm (32 1/4 × 52 in.) frame: 83.8 × 134.6 × 5.1 cm (33 × 53 × 2 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Estate of Robert Weldon Wright
Object Number
L.2025.15
Culture
African

Artist's studio, Princeton, NJ, 1961; purchased by Robert W. Wright, Princeton, NJ, 1961; inherited by Robert G. Wright, Teaneck, NJ.

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