ca. 1970–73
Congolese
Acrylic on flour sack
Unframed: 15 1/4 × 29 7/8 in. (38.74 × 75.88 cm)
Framed: 16 5/8 × 31 3/8 in. (42.23 × 79.69 cm)
2017.67
Unsigned
Inscribed in paint at lower right corner: “(SIMON) KIMBANGU”
Eric and Jeanette Lipman Fund
53 Echoes of Zaire: Popular Painting from Lubumbashi, DRC, Gallery Sulger-Buel Lovell, London, May 27 – September 12, 2015

Mawaso: Les temps Forts de la Peinture Congolaise, Anciens Abattoirs de Mons, Mons, Belgium, September 1 – October 10, 2007

Kongo Kingdom Art: From Ritual to Cutting Edge, Guangdong, China, December 30, 2003 – March 31, 2004; Shanghai, China, April 15 – May 31, 2004; Beijing, China, July 6 – October 9, 2004; Taipei, Taiwan, December 1, 2004 – January 30, 3005; Tai-Chung, Taiwan, March – April 2005
Diop, Salimata, ed. 53 Echoes of Zaire: Popular Painting from Lubumbashi, DRC. London: The Africa Centre, 2015. Exhibition catalogue.

Cornet, J. A., et al. 60 ans de peinture du Zaire. Bruxelles: Les Editeurs d’Art Associés, 1989.
©artist or artist’s estate

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