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HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) The Burning Spear.
Charcoal on buff cardstock, 1961. 864x610 mm; 34x24 inches. Signed and dated in black ink, and titled in brown ink, lower right.
Provenance: private New York collection.
This portrait of Jomo Kenyatta, the first Prime Minister and President of Kenya, dates from when he was released from prison by the British in 1961 after nine years detention during the Mau Mau crises.
