Off to battle

© Simon Okeke

Off to battle

Currently not on view

Off to battle,

1963

Simon Okeke, Nigerian, 1937–1969
2013-43

Information

Title
Off to battle
Dates

1963

Maker
Simon Okeke
Medium
Blended colored chalk and wash, pen and black ink, with scratching out, on white wove paper
Dimensions
29.3 x 24.5 cm (11 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.) frame: 31.9 x 27 x 1.3 cm (12 9/16 x 10 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund
Object Number
2013-43
Place Made

Africa, Nigeria

Signatures
Signed and dated, lower right: Simon Okeke | 3/7/63
Culture
African, Nigerian
Type
drawings
Materials
ink, wash, chalk, wove paper
Subject
vessels (containers), battles, spears (weapons), warriors, men, women, figures (representations)

Goethe-Institut, Lagos, Nigeria; private collection; [Bonham's London "Africa Now: Modern & Contemporary" Lot 154, May 22, 2013]; Princeton University Art Museum

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