Lot 47

Wanyu Brush (Kenyan, born 1947)
The Woman and Her Dying Pet, circa 1990s
Signed ‘W. Brush’ (lower right, under the figure’s hand)
Watercolour on watercolour paper
56 x 76.5 cm
KES 90,000 – 150,000
(US$) 720 – 1,200
Provenance: Private collection
Sold KES 187,840

One of Kenya’s most celebrated painters, Wanyu Brush became a widely exhibited and collected artist in the 1980s and 1990s, both locally and internationally. Brush co-founded the Ngecha Art Group with fellow artists including Sane Wadu and was part of Ruth Schaffner’s stable of artists at Gallery Watatu.