Hair and Cotton Candy

Object Details

Marcia Kure, born 1970, Nigeria

Description: Mixed media work on paper depicting a standing figure whose head and torso are obscured by energetically drawn vertical and horizontal lines of silver coloration; emerging below are dark red and grey patterned legs rendered in profile, with knees and toes touching.
Provenance: Acquired from the artist, 2013.
Exhibition History: Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 4, 2017-ongoing (installed January 16, 2020)
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2013

Medium: 23.75kt shell gold, kolanut pigment, silver ink, pencil and water on Arches HP Watercolor paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 58 x 45.5 cm (22 13/16 x 17 15/16 in.); Framed: 76.9 x 62.9 x 3.9 cm (30 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)

National Museum of African Art

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7d2650014-cbb3-4e4e-9e6a-a50bdd12f727