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Fanizani Akuda (1932-2011) – Zimbabwean sculptor Serpentine Zimbabwe, 1980s This life-affirming sculpture by the Zimbabwean sculptor Fanizani Akuda (1932-2011) is crafted from a piece of greenish serpentine and shows an abstract woman with protruding shapes. Fanizani Akuda was an ethnic Chewa who left his homeland of Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) for Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia) in 1949 to initially work as a farmhand. From 1967 to 1979 he was a member of the artist village Tengenenge. Subsequently he moved with his family to a township house in Chitungwiza near Harare. He was a member of the sculptural movement known as Shona sculpture, although he and some other members were not ethnically Shona. Signature: Carved signature on the underside ‘Fanizani’ Dimensions: The total height of the sculpture is 42 cm. Its maximal width is approximately 33 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear Provenance: From an Austrian private collection Auction result comparions: DROUOT-RICHELIEU, Collection Olivier Sultan: Nouveau regard sur l’art contemporain africain; April 2, 2007, Paris, lot 4 (for a comparable serpentine figure by this artist) < BR>RefDec241018