«ZOU» N° 371 from Alphabet Bété
Catalogue
- Year
- 1991
- Dimensions
- 5 7/8 × 3 7/8" (14.9 × 9.8 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Artist
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.
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«Une citadinie.» from Connaissance du Monde
2008 · Colored pencil, pencil, and ballpoint pen on board
«Un visage humain.» from Connaissance du Monde
2007 · Colored pencil, pencil, and ballpoint pen on board
«La raison de vie pousse, ici, une femme à donner des ordres à sa co-épouse.»**** from Connaissance du Monde
2007 · Colored pencil, pencil, and ballpoint pen on board
«Un signe arabesque découvert sur l'une de mes planches-protèges-livres» from Connaissnace du Monde
1999 · Colored pencil and ballpoint pen on board
«"La femme" de Bogrou (Issia) qui vient de passer, porte des "bracelets au "nez"» from Connaissance du Monde
1999 · Colored pencil and ballpoint pen on board
«GBIKOU: la peau de la panthère: couleur du ciel qui prophetise la mort d'une panthère» from Connaissance du Monde
1997 · Colored pencil and ballpoint pen on board
Record
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- Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
- Year
- 1991
- Dimensions
- 5 7/8 × 3 7/8" (14.9 × 9.8 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1991-M124013
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified