Lot no. 143
MOKE, Monsengwo KEJWAMFI (Ibe, Bandundu Province, 1950 - 2001, Kinshasa)
Untitled, (the flood). Oil on flour sack canvas. 95 x 96 cm. Many losses. Signed lower right and dated 79. Moke (acronym of Monsengwo Kejwamfi) was one of the fathers of the "Popular Painting" style in Kinshasa. His paintings of Kinshasa soon attracted attention in 1965, he painted a portrait of General Mobutu (president of the DRC, 1965-1997) Moke became a Kinshasa reporter...
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