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 90,000

7 bids · Reserve not yet met

Time left

3m 12s

Closes 20:18

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Bids · 7

  1. KES 90,000 Paddle 290 Online 20:13
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  6. KES 65,000 Paddle 427 Online 19:57
  7. KES 60,000 Paddle 493 Online 19:32

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.

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