Mnara floor lamp, 2023. Blackened steel, brass and linen.
Lot 10

Mwanga Works (founded 2017)

Mnara floor lamp, 2023

Blackened steel, brass and linen

168 × 45 × 45 cm

Estimate KES 120,000–180,000

Bidding

Current bid

KES 80,000

5 bids · Reserve not yet met

Time left

3m 32s

Closes 20:18

Sign in to bid Register to bid, in a minute
How bidding works

Bids · 5

  1. KES 80,000 Paddle 375 Online 20:07
  2. KES 75,000 Paddle 400 Online 20:05
  3. KES 70,000 Paddle 284 Online 20:04
  4. KES 65,000 Paddle 309 Online 20:04
  5. KES 60,000 Paddle 122 Online 19:41

About the work

A tall, slender floor lamp with a blackened steel stem on a round brass base and a drum shade in undyed linen.

Condition

Excellent.

Provenance

Acquired from the makers, 2023.

The artist

Mwanga Works makes lamps from woven sisal, brass and blackened steel in a workshop off Kirinyaga Road. The weaving is done by a cooperative in Machakos, the metalwork in Nairobi, and every shade is woven to fit its frame.

More by Mwanga Works