Wosene Worke Kosrof - Building With Words

Wosene Worke Kosrof

Building With Words

Found at Sothebys, London
Modern and Contemporary African Art Online, Lot 66
31. Mar - 31. Mar 2020
Estimate: 28.000 - 38.000 GBP
Price realised: not sold
Description
WOSENE WORKE KOSROF
Ethiopian
b.1950
BUILDING WITH WORDS
signed and dated 2007 (lower right); signed and titled (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
132 by 125cm., 52 by 49¼in.
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