Lot 40

Nadir Tharani (Tanzanian, born 1952)
9-4-3 (from the series ‘Positions of Power’), 2014
Signed ‘Tharani’ verso
Indian ink on acid free paper
49.2 x 57.8 cm
Provenance: From the artist’s collection
Sold KES 222,250

Born in Moshi, Tanzania, Nadir Tharani studied Architecture at UCL in London whilst exploring the visual arts – including graphics, print work, and illustration, at the same time. He was a founding member of the architectural magazine 9H in the UK in the late 1970s.

Tharani has held several solo exhibitions in Dar es Salaam and has also exhibited in the UK, Denmark, Iraq, Finland and Kenya. Selected group exhibitions include the touring exhibition Africa Now in 2008–2009 and East African Encounters and Paper II, both at Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, in 2014 and 2016. His graphic and print work has been shown at various print biennales in London and Berlin, he has written and illustrated numerous children’s books, and he has designed site-specific architectural installations in the UK, India and Tanzania. His works are in collections in Kenya, USA, UK, Sweden, Canada and Brazil.