MATHIAS MULEME (UGANDAN-CANADIAN, B. 1946)EMBOSSED ETCHING / INTAGLIO PRINT ON PAPER, NUMBERED 115/150 LOWER LEFT, TITLED “YOU & ME” LOWER CENTER, AND SIGNED AND DATED “M. MULEME 86” LOWER RIGHT.
A TENDER MATERNAL COMPOSITION DEPICTING A STYLIZED MOTHER EMBRACING HER CHILD, EXECUTED WITH FINE HATCHING IN EARTH TONALITY WITHIN A BLIND-EMBOSSED GEOMETRIC CIRCULAR BORDER.
6 IN DIAMETER PLATE
12.25 X 12.25 IN FRAMED
BORN IN UGANDA, MATHIAS MULEME STUDIED AT MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO CANADA, WHERE HE ESTABLISHED AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR HIS DISTINCTIVE EMBOSSED ETCHINGS THAT BLEND AFRICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE WITH MASTERFUL PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES. HIS ARTWORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED WORLDWIDE AND IS HELD IN NUMEROUS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.
MATHIAS MULEME “YOU & ME,” 1986
MATHIAS MULEME (UGANDAN-CANADIAN, B. 1946)EMBOSSED ETCHING / INTAGLIO PRINT ON PAPER, NUMBERED 115/150 LOWER LEFT, TITLED “YOU & ME” LOWER CENTER, AND SIGNED AND DATED “M. MULEME 86” LOWER RIGHT. A TENDER MATERNAL COMPOSITION DEPICTING A STYLIZED MOTHER EMBRACING HER CHILD, EXECUTED WITH FINE HATCHING IN EARTH TONALITY WITHIN A BLIND-EMBOSSED GEOMETRIC CIRCULAR BORDER. 6…