Author: Gbadamosi
In copyrightThe 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.
Cataloguing data
Width: 16,8 cm