African Naive Style Artist, The Orange Seller, 20th Century, Oil on Canvas

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Oil on canvas. West Africa. This naive-style painting depicts an orange seller in an urban market. These types of paintings, … Read more Oil on canvas. West Africa. This naive-style painting depicts an orange seller in an urban market. These types of paintings, often used as advertisements for market stalls, reference traditional African values of motherhood, fertility, and prosperity, transposed into a contemporary cultural context. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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