On Loan at the Tate

Clara Ugbodaga-Ngu (1921-1996)
Yoruba Palm Wine Seller
Oil on canvas
Clara Ugbodaga-Ngu’s Yoruba Palm Wine Seller is one of four paintings now on display at Tate Modern in London, courtesy of HU Museum. As part of Tate’s Nigerian Modernism exhibition, HU Museum has also placed on loan two paintings by Akinola Lasekan and a painting by Simon Okeke. The works are from HU Museum’s Modern African collection donated in 1967 from the Harmon Foundation.
Akinola Lasekan (1916-1972)
Yoruba Acrobatic Dance
Oil on canvas
Akinola Lasekan (1916-1972)
Sacrifice to the Sky-God
Oil on canvas
Simon Okeke (1937-1969)
Heads of Two Women
Watercolor with abrasion on paper