Georges Adingra — "Les 3 Rois." Carborundum painting chair Height: 126 cm

Height: 126 cm

and irregularities to the timber

was its condition

Like many artists of his generation

There he absorbed European modernist influences while continuing to draw from African ritual imagery and symbolic figuration

Georges Adingra — "Les 3 Rois." Carborundum painting chair Height: 126 cmA richly textured carborundum composition by Georges Adingra, titled Les 3 Rois (The Three Kings), presenting a compact yet striking arrangement of stylised figures rendered in earthy reds, ochres and deep charcoal tones. Born in Ivory Coast in 1933, Adingra is widely described as having come from a royal or chiefly lineage, a background that placed him within a strong cultural and symbolic tradition from an early age. Like many artists of his