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Devour (Devoragem)

A work made of pen and black ink on cream wove paper.
© 1965 Fundação Malangatana Valente Ngwenya.

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  • A work made of pen and black ink on cream wove paper.

Date:

1965

Artist:

Malangatana Valente Ngwenya
Mozambican, 1936-2011

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Malangatana Valente Ngwenya

Title

Devour (Devoragem)

Place

Mozambique (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1965

Medium

Pen and black ink on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower left, in pen and black ink: “8.6.65 Malangatana”

Dimensions

42.4 × 42.4 cm (16 3/4 × 16 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2021.16

Copyright

© 1965 Fundação Malangatana Valente Ngwenya.

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