The Conquering Hero

Artist Olayinka Miranda Burney-Nicol (Sierra Leonean, 1927 - 1996)

Date1972

MediumWood

DimensionsFramed: H 21 x L 9 x W 3/4 in. (H 53.3 x L 22.9 x W 1.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Simon Ottenberg Collection, gift to the Newark Museum of Art, 2020

Object number2020.4.4

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Title Details

Primary Title The Conquering Hero

ProvenanceSimon Ottenberg, Ph.D. until 2020Exhibition History"African Modernism in America,"American Federation of Arts, traveling exhibition, (March 2023- May 2024)

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