ON THE LAGOS LAGOON
signed and dated UFUOMA / ONOBRAKPEYA / 2006 lower right
oil on canvas
91.5 x 122cm; 36 x 48in
95 x 125cm; 37 1/2 x 49 1/4in (framed)

Property from a Private Collection, London

Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, Africa Now,16 March 2011, lot 10
Purchased at the above auction by the present owner


Ufuoma Onobrakpeya is a third generation artist. His grandfather, Obi Omonedo Onobrakpeya, was a carver and his father, Bruce Onobrakpeya, was a professor at Benin University where he taught Onobrakpeya fine art and printmaking. He continued his studies at Camberwell College of Art, London, where he completed an MA in printmaking in 2002.