«Une citadinie.» from Connaissance du Monde
2008 · Colored pencil, pencil, and ballpoint pen on board
5 7/8 × 4 1/8" (14.9 × 10.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Ivorian, 1923
Zéprégüé, Côte d’Ivoire
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967
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Frédéric Bruly Bouabré was an Ivorian artist and self-taught philosopher who developed a distinctive visual language combining drawing, text, and symbolic notation across small-scale works on paper and board. Working largely outside institutional frameworks from the 1960s onward, he created intricate compositions that merged personal cosmology, linguistic invention, and spiritual inquiry. His prolific output remained largely unknown outside West Africa until late in his career, when his work began to circulate among international curators and collectors interested in art beyond conventional modernist and contemporary canons.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 26d ago
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