Nwannem | Signed Limited Edition African Art Print

A signed, numbered limited edition print of Nwannem, a pastel and charcoal portrait of two siblings by Chinemelu Ofoma. Unframed, 42 x 60cm. Nwanne is Igbo for sibling. The literal sense is child of my mother, and nwanne m is my sibling. That is the whole picture: an older child holding a younger one, both wrapped into the same length of cloth, one looking at something outside the frame and the other looking straight at you. The original was worked in pastel and charcoal against a black ground, which is why the skin carries so much light. Ofoma builds the faces up in layers and leaves the wax print cloth loose and painterly underneath, so the two children are the only sharp thing in the picture and everything else falls away. The original sold in February 2020 and is in a private collection. This print is the only way the image is still available. It is one of a limited edition of 50, each print signed and numbered by the artist. Once the fifty are gone the edition closes and no more are made. Supplied unframed at 42 x 60cm, which is standard A2, so it fits an off the shelf frame without a trip to a framer. The second photograph shows the image framed on a wall, to give you the scale in a real room. It suits a hallway, a landing, a child's room, or anywhere a house needs a face in it. It reads as African without being decorative about it, which is not easy to find in a print at this size and price. Care: keep it out of direct sunlight, which fades pigment prints over time, and frame it behind glass rather than leaving it open to the air. Handle the sheet by the edges before it is framed.