VINTAGE FOLK ART SENEGAL - REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS - LA CARIE - MOR GUEYE

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Mor Gueye - La Carie - Reverse Painting On Glass -
Original West African Folk  Art
At 80 years old,
Mor Gueye
is widely known as the dean of Senegal’s reverse glass painters. Mor Gueye uses a technique known as “reverse glass painting,” where he paints on the back of glass panes
His work has appeared in a number of exhibitions in Africa and Europe. Most recently, he was featured in the exhibition, A Saint in the City, at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, and in the exhibit’s companion catalog
This work La Carie (The Dentist) is about 9 ½" x 12"
Sold "as is" & "as pictured" - so please look at all the photos
Purchased in Dakar, Senegal in 2008
Why selling? Seniors downsizing