Collection Bedspread

Bedspread

Gilbert "Bobbo" Ahiagble African, 1944 - 2012
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About the Artwork

Bedspread

20th century

Gilbert "Bobbo" Ahiagble

1944 - 2012

African

Ghanian

Cotton

Overall: 100 × 100 inches (254 × 254 cm)

Textiles

African Art

Founders Society Purchase, African, Oceanic, and New World Cultures General Fund

1995.55

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Provenance

the artist, Gilbert Bobbo Ahiagble (Denu, Ghana, Africa);
1995-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Gilbert "Bobbo" Ahiagble, Bedspread, 20th century, cotton. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, African, Oceanic, and New World Cultures General Fund, 1995.55.

Bedspread: Main View of Collection Gallery

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