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Vintage - Wood Block Art Original Print Captivating Piece - Signed Spectacular Ribbed Frame w/ Shell Corners Extremely Unusual and Collectible Subject: The Yoruba Tribe Traditional Healers Of Nigeria Artist: Olayinka, Burney-Nicol 1927-1996 I Personally Purchased It At An Estate Sale Over 35 Years Ago Signed Twice By The Artist Olayinka At The Lower Right Side Below The Artwork And Below The Inscription Professionally Framed & Behind Glass The Photos Are Accurate...You Can Rely On The Photos For Condition and Description The Beautiful Frame Is Not Perfect...One Of the Shell Corners Has A Piece Out Of It...Can Easily Be Repaired Approximate Measurements: Picture: 22" x 16" Frame: 32 3/4" x 26 3/4" MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST: Olayinka Burney-Nicol was a transnational artist before the term was common parlance. Her roots are firmly in Freetown Krio culture, where she was born in 1927. In 1949 in a bold move she landed in New York City where she became immersed in the arts – both visual and performance. By 1954 she was in London experimenting with several forms of art. And in 1958 she returned to Freetown and became Government Artist for Sierra Leone's Ministry of Education, but also continued making her own art. She created murals on public buildings in Freetown. She enlisted as one of the Harmon Foundation artists and spent a year in Paris doing textile design and fashion. After she left government service in 1968 and until she went into exile from Sierra Leone in 1988, she experienced her most creative years, exhibiting at home and abroad. Her final years in exile in London were ones of decline and hardship. She died in poverty in 1996. Olayinka, as she was known, experimented with many artistic media – painting, murals, prints, drawing, sculpture, textile design and mix media. Ottenberg has masterfully pieced together here the story of Olayinka's life and art from scattered sources and numerous interviews with people who knew her. Virtually unknown in Sierra Leone today, Olayinka is now the first fully documented Sierra Leonean artist. Ottenberg, Simon. Olayinka: a women’s view: the life of an African modern artist. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2014. xxiii, 327pp. illus. (color), bibliog. (pp. 289-317). N7399.S53 B836 2014 AFA. OCLC 712780820. THE PHOTOS ARE ACCURATE YOU CAN RELY ON THE PHOTOS FOR DESCRIPTION & CONDITION USE THE 'ZOOM' FEATURE TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK QUESTIONS ARE WELCOMED BUY WITH CONFIDENCE *Foxxtrader Is A Trusted Seller With 100% Feedback* * Thanks for an easy transaction.Great communication.Well packaged.Fast shipping! * Great eBay Seller!!! Item exactly as described and shipping was fast! Thanks!! * Wonderful vendor. A pleasure - thanks! * Gorgeous item, great transaction. 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