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African Art
Cultural Object
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Artist: Asiru Olatunde, Nigerian, 1918–1993

Relief Panel

ca. 1965–75

Aluminum sheet with repousse relief

36 3/8 × 21 1/2 in. (92.39 × 54.61 cm)
Gift of Yung Wang, M.Arch. 1961
2016.146.9
Geography: 
Nigeria
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Yorùbá
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

The donor received the panels as a gift from Prof. Oguntola Yemi of Yabi, sometime from 1973 to 1976
Gift of Yung G. Wang to Yale University Art Gallery in 2016

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.