Studio Kokwet (founded 2014)
Kokwet low table, 2020
Olive wood
34 × 120 × 70 cm
Estimate KES 240,000–350,000
Bidding
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Today at 20:30
Opening bid KES 120,000. This lot closes today at 21:10, unless a late bid extends it.
About the work
A low table cut from wild olive, with a thick top that follows the edge of the tree on one side and three short, tapered legs.
Condition
Very good. A few fine surface marks to the top.
Provenance
Acquired from the makers, 2020; private collection, Nairobi.
The artist
Studio Kokwet is a furniture workshop in Ruaraka run by two cabinetmakers who met as apprentices. They work in cypress, olive wood and reclaimed hardwoods, with visible joinery and a few pieces of blackened steel, and make every piece to order. A kokwet is a council of elders; the studio's first piece was a long bench.
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