Ibrahim El-Salahi b. 1930
My Head is Perfumed, 1999
Oil on canvas
91 x 91 cm
35 7/8 x 35 7/8 inches
35 7/8 x 35 7/8 inches
Courtesy of Vigo Gallery and the Artist
My Head is Perfumed was the title of a poem in a book of poems by the Congolese poet Tchicaya U Tam’si called Brush Fire (originally published as Feu de...
My Head is Perfumed was the title of a poem in a book of poems by the Congolese poet Tchicaya U Tam’si called Brush Fire (originally published as Feu de brousse) that Ibrahim was asked to illustrate when he went to Nigeria in the early 1960s. The image stayed in his head a long time, and eventually resulted in this work.
Provenance
2016 Salon 94, NY2014 Private Collector, CA
Artists studio
Exhibitions
2016: Ibrahim El-Salahi, Alhambra, Salon 94, New York
2014: Ibrahim El-Salahi, The Tree, Vigo Gallery London
2000: L’Afrique a Jour, L'Afrique En Creations, Lille, France
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