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Eye Witness
original Shona stone sculpture signed by Josphat Makenzi2002
2002
$4,600
£3,506.57
€4,005.98
CA$6,472.85
A$7,089.78
CHF 3,732.77
MX$84,614.12
NOK 47,570.78
SEK 43,486.86
DKK 29,935.43
About the Item
'Eye Witness' is an original opal serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Josphat Makenzi. Makenzi was trained in the contemporary Shona stone carving tradition, and thus his works take on themes from African as well as from European art history. His sculptures of the human face have the abstracted qualities of traditional African sculptures and masks in how they reduce the features of the face to a series of layered geometric forms. Thusly, they also recall the work of Modernist artists who looked to Africa as a source of novel formal imagery, such as subtle ovoid faces of Constantin Brancusi and the cubism of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. The sculpture 'Eye Witness' is an elegant example of this, with the figure's head atop a long and slender neck and tilting to one side as though carefully listening.
opal stone (serpentine)
19.5 x 9 x 8 inches
signed "J. Makenzi" along base on reverse
Overall good condition; minor scratch above eyebrow and on cheek
Josphat Makenzi was born in 1975 in Rushinga District, Mash-Central in Zimbabwe. He went to Chimhanda Secondary School where he completed his ‘O’ Levels in 1992, after which he decided to embark on a career in the making of stone sculptures. Josphat produces sculptures in a variety of stone types and with subjects ranging from the human and animal to the abstract.
- Creator:Josphat Makenzi (1975)
- Creation Year:2002
- Dimensions:Height: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 8 in (20.32 cm)
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- Condition:Overall good condition; minor scratch above eyebrow and on cheek.
- Gallery Location:Milwaukee, WI
- Reference Number:Seller: 11042g1stDibs: LU60537179702
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