Lot 10
S.G. Mpata
Tanzanian, 1940 -1984
Village
Oil on hardboard (framed)
Signature: Signed lower right
60 x 60cm
Estimated: US$1,200 – 1,800
Provenance: Basel/Swiss Private Art Collection since 2006
Simon Mpata is the youngest half-brother of E.S. Tingatinga. Mpata shared a long time the Studio with Edward Saidi. After E.S. death, Mpata left Tanzania to open a studio in Nairobi where he lived and worked until his death in 1982.
Mpata,s work has been extensively collected and shown in numerous exhibitions worldwide.