Jonathan Kenworthy (b. 1943)
Lot 57

Jonathan Kenworthy (b. 1943)

Somali Girl at Wajir

Closed15 December 2011

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GBP 26,250

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Jonathan Kenworthy (b. 1943)
Somali Girl at Wajir
signed, dated and numbered 'Kenworthy 1985 A/C' (on the base)
bronze with a brown patina
21¾ in. (55.3 cm.) long

Gifted by the artist to the present owner.

Specialist note

'By the busy wells at Wajir, where stories claim that Cleopatra once watered her camels, and where up to two thousand camels can be assembled by midday, a beautiful Somali woman waits her turn at the well, leaning easily against her recumbent camel. Queuing for a place can last half the day' (see S. Russell, Jonathan Kenworthy: sculpture and works on paper, London, 2007, chapter 8).