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Danu

Danu

El Anatsui

Artist
El Anatsui
(Ghanaian, active in Nigeria, b. 1944)
Title
Danu
Date
2006
Medium
Aluminum and copper wire
Dimensions
88 x 138 in. Overall
Credit
J. David and Laura Seefried Horsfall Endowment Fund purchase
Accession No.
2006.35
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
Ghana

Related

November 2006, sold by William Karg Contemporary African Art (New York, NY) to Chazen Museum of Art

  • Chazen Museum of Art. "Bulletin 2003-2007." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2010. p. 39, no. 3
  • Sytsma, Janine. "The Sculpture of El Anatsui: Rupture and Renewal at the Chazen Museum of Art." Bulletin 2003-2007. Chazen Museum of Art (2010): 36-41. pp. 36-41, no. 3
  • Vogel, Susan Mullin. "El Anatsui Art and Life," vol.1. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2012. no. 102
  • Chazen Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 27, No. 1, January-June 2010. p. 5
  • Rarey, Matthew Francis and Henry John Drewal. "Never at Rest: African Art at the University of Wisconsin." African Arts, vol 53, no. 4 (2020): 68-85. fig. 14
  • Vogel, Susan Mullin. "El Anatsui Art and Life," vol. 2. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2020. p. 82

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