Nigerian painter Ben Enwonwu's painting 'Tutu' was recently rediscovered and this 1974 painting leads Bonhams Africa Now sale in London on Feb 28. The painting, one of a series of three versions, once thought lost came to light after having gone unseen for decades in a north London flat. The whereabouts of the other two versions remains a mystery. Photos: AFP
She’s been described as ”the African Mona Lisa”, the subject of a long-lost series of three paintings by the artist considered the father of Nigerian modernism.
But like Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous portrait, finding out more about the woman in Ben Enwonwu’s Tutu has so far been elusive, even for her extensive extended family. One of the missing works, which was discovered in a north London flat, goes on sale in the British capital on Feb 28 and is expected to fetch US$347,000 (RM1.3mil)
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