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Asiru Olatunde (Nigerian, 1918-93), two hammered aluminium panels, ,each worked with figures, one inscribed to front 'Asiru Olatunde, Osogbo', the other with label verso, the larger 38.5 x 76cm (15.25 x 30in) (2 Other Notes: Asiru Olatunde (1919-1992) originally trained as a blacksmith in Oshogbu Nigeria but was forced to find other work due to his failing health. In the early 1960s he turned to making small pieces of jewellery out of beaten copper sheets which he sold with the help of his friend - the pioneering writer, Ullie Beier. He progressed to working with bigger sheets of copper and then aluminium, encouraged by Beier and the Austrian artist, Suzanne Wenger. He would draw the subject on the reverse of the panel and inspired by his knowledge of ceremonial drums, learned as a boy, he would beat out the scenes on the panel with small metal punches; a technique known as repousse metalwork. Many of Oshogbu's artists and writers were influenced by the Yoruba religion and customs. Olatunde took inspiration from not only Yoruba stories, but also Biblical ones, combining them with local folklore and placing them in local Nigerian settings

Quite dirty and scratched, otherwise fine.

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