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MATHIAS MULEME “TO SUSAN & US”

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

MATHIAS MULEME (UGANDAN-CANADIAN, B. 1946) EMBOSSED ETCHING / INTAGLIO PRINT ON PAPER, NUMBERED 78/100 LOWER LEFT, TITLED “TO SUSAN & US” LOWER CENTER, AND SIGNED “M. MULEME” LOWER RIGHT. A STYLIZED MULTI-PANEL COMPOSITION FEATURING FIGURES AND BLIND-EMBOSSED AFRICAN-INSPIRED GEOMETRIC PATTERNS AND SYMBOLS IN RICH EARTH TONALITY. APPROX. 5 X 9 IN IMAGE 12.25 X 16.25…

MACLEAN & ASSOCIATES INC
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Item description:

MATHIAS MULEME (UGANDAN-CANADIAN, B. 1946)
EMBOSSED ETCHING / INTAGLIO PRINT ON PAPER, NUMBERED 78/100 LOWER LEFT, TITLED “TO SUSAN & US” LOWER CENTER, AND SIGNED “M. MULEME” LOWER RIGHT.
A STYLIZED MULTI-PANEL COMPOSITION FEATURING FIGURES AND BLIND-EMBOSSED AFRICAN-INSPIRED GEOMETRIC PATTERNS AND SYMBOLS IN RICH EARTH TONALITY.
APPROX. 5 X 9 IN IMAGE
12.25 X 16.25 IN FRAMED
BORN IN UGANDA, MATHIAS MULEME STUDIED AT MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO CANADA, WHERE HE ESTABLISHED AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR HIS DISTINCTIVE EMBOSSED ETCHINGS THAT BLEND AFRICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE WITH MASTERFUL PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES. HIS ARTWORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED WORLDWIDE AND IS HELD IN NUMEROUS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.