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The drawing was created in 1950 in the "Lantoro Mental Home" in Abeokuta, Nigeria. In 1982 it was exhibited together with with other drawings made in Abeokuta in 1950, in the exhibition exhibition "Hapless Heads. Paintings by crazy people from Nigeria" (Luckless Heads. Painting by de-ranged Nigerians) in Bayreuth. were shown in Bayreuth.

On a vertical format, yellowed paper, a figure is painted in shades of green. The figure is in profile and is looking to the left. She is standing with one leg on the floor of the sheet. The other leg is hanging in the air parallel to the right leg. Both legs are bent. The figure appears to be sitting in the air. The figure's narrow upper body stretches across the right half of the sheet. It ends over the neck in the figure's head. The eye is not painted but has been left out. The forehead merges directly into the nose. The The figure's arms take up most of the space in the picture. They are very long. The figure appears to be crossing his arms in front of his chest. One hand pointing upwards and one hand pointing downwards, the fingers are spread apart.

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Iwalewahaus, Universität Bayreuth
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Object type
drawings (visual works)
Current location
Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth
Inventory number
G01020WN

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when
1950
where
Abeokuta, Nigeria
who
Gbadamosi

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