André Hallet (1890-1959)

Babua dignitaries, Angodia - Uele River

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André Hallet (1890-1959)
Babua dignitaries, Angodia - Uele River
signed lower right A. Hallet and inscribed lower left Babua Angodia, and signed again and inscribed with title on the reverse
oil on board
39.5 x 30 cm

來源

Amssens

拍品專文

Painted in 1934.

Study for the painting, exhibited in Congo André Hallet, Galeries G. Giroux, Brussels, 1936, illustrated in the catalogue.

The Babua were courageous warriors who opposed and resisted the Azande people in the Uele. In 1901-03, they revolted against the Congo Free State.