The City of Latanga

Artist

Adebisi Fabunmi (Nigerian, b. 1945)

Date

Ca. 1965

Medium

Woodcut

Dimensions

Plate : 15 1/4 x 11.9 in. (38.74 x 30.32 cm)
Sheet : 18 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (46.04 x 37.78 cm)

Credit Line

Hope College Collection

Object Number

2018.19.1

Label

Adebisi Fabunmi participated in the third Mbari Mbayo workshop in 1964 and quickly gained a reputation as one of the Osogbo Movement’s most talented printmakers and textile artists. He is best known for his complex black and white designs that combine stylized cityscape images with images of fantastic birds and animals.