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
Bidding opens
Today at 20:30
Opening bid KES 60,000. This lot closes today at 21:18, unless a late bid extends it.
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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