**Originally Listed At $300**

Africa, Nigeria, artist: Ola of the Oshogbo School, signed on lower right, ca. 2010. A vibrant ink painting on cotton fabric created by Ola of the Osogbo (Oshogbo) School. This composition features a plethora of animals inhabiting the rainforest including an elephant, a turtle, an owl, three giraffes, a roaring lion, and numerous birds. Ola delineated all the animals with marvelous geometric patterns for their coats or plumage in a striking black and white palette. Artists of the Osogbo school (named for a town in southwestern Nigeria) have been influenced by traditional Yoruba mythology and culture. This piece demonstrates influences of the best known Osogbo school artists including Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Yinka Adeyemi, and the late Asiru Olatunde and Rufus Ogundele. Size: 61.75" W x 30.625" H (156.8 cm x 77.8 cm)

Oshogbo painting presents lively imagery depicting animals, plants, humans, and Yoruba deities. The compositions resonate with those of Yoruba carvings, and the iconography reflects notions of balance and transformation in addition to dualities such as past and present, the earthly and the spiritual, machines and agriculture.

Provenance: private Poos collection, Overland Park, Kansas, USA; purchased directly from the artist in 2010 - One of the largest privately held quilt and textile collections in the world, the Poos Collection has evolved over 50 years and through extensive travels to allow for original or point of source acquisition. The collection includes international textiles and garments with an emphasis on West African textiles such as adire, aso oke, kente, and ewe woven prestige cloths.

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Minor fraying to peripheries that does not interfere with the composition. Nice selvage on left and right sides of the panel. Signed by the artist on the lower right.