Embossed Abstract Copper Relief Panel by Gabriel Kalumba Tshung Manu 1985

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Embossed copper panel by the acclaimed Zaïre artist Gabriel Kalumba Tshung Manu (1940-2019) worked in Congo between 1960s-1985s.

This is … Read more Embossed copper panel by the acclaimed Zaïre artist Gabriel Kalumba Tshung Manu (1940-2019) worked in Congo between 1960s-1985s.

This is a low-relief panel depicting an abstract scene with a slight hint of cubist figures and is signed “Kalumba 1985" In the lower right.
Height: 18 in
Depth: 1 in
Length 32 3/8 in

Kalumba was very passionate about copper and influenced by his popular African culture.

Gabriel Kalumba Tshung Manu was drummer and brass maker. He won the Grand Prix at the World Festival of Negro Arts in 1966 in Dakar, Senegal, in the Plastic Arts category.
Gabriel Kalumba, born in 1940 is the grandson of a traditional sculptor and his father was an ivoirier.
After his humanities, he studied Fine Arts in Lubumbashi then brasswork in Maredsous (Belgium), before introducing the technique to Zaire (current Democratic Republic of Congo).

Good vintage condition. Piece shows some wear and signs of aging and does have one small hole where the previous owner had it mounted on the wall. See less