HAND OF AFRICA BY NELSON MANDELA LITHOGRAPH OF NELSON MANDELAS HAND PRINT FRAMED

HAND OF AFRICA BY NELSON MANDELA LITHOGRAPH OF NELSON MANDELAS HAND PRINT FRAMED

IN 2007 NELSON MANDELA PRESENTED HIS FAMOUS LITHOGRAPHY SERIES.

THE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH – HAND OF AFRICA – IN THIS EXHIBIT WHICH WAS PURCHASED FOR $32000

THE HAND OF AFRICA WAS MADE BY ACCIDENT WHEN MANDELA PLACED HIS HAND IN WET INK.

THE IDEA OF HAND PRINTS HOWEVER INTRIGUED HIM AND HE BEGAN TO MAKE SEVERAL IMAGES.

ONLY LATER DID AN ASSISTANT POINT OUT THE ICONIC IMAGE INSIDE THE RIGHT HAND PRINT OF THE IMPRESSION. IN THE CENTRE OF MANDELAS RIGHT PALM SHOWS A CLEAR SILOUETTE OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. THIS IS HOW NELSON MANDELA BECAME THE MOST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL ARTIST OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

700228 BBP80 ASKING $299