The King of Ghosts and His Wife

Twins Seven Seven, Nigerian, 1944 - 2011

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1967

Mixed media with ink on unstretched canvas

Frame: 35 5/8 × 24 5/8 in. (90.5 × 62.5 cm)

Sheet: 33 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (85.1 × 57.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Grace Hope Hill, in honor of her husband, Errol G. Hill (1921-2003), Dartmouth College John D. Willard Professor of Drama and Oratory

2018.2

Geography

Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Africa

Painting

Not on view

Inscriptions

Label, on reverse: 1967 / Ibadan, Nigeria

Provenance

The artist, Ibadan, Nigeria; sold to Errol Gaston Hill (1921-2003) and Grace Hope Hill, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1967; given to present collection, 2018.

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