Kehinde Wiley, The World Stage: Africa; Lagos-Dakar, 2008, Fine Catalogue

Wiley, Kehinde. The World Stage: Africa; Lagos-Dakar (New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, 2008).

English, Fine, HC, 4to, 11 1/4" x 8 3/4," 64 pp., including illustrations.

ISBN: 9780942949353

Fine multicolored pictorial paper-covered boards with white lettering on turquoise spine. Covers pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Pages pristine and intact. Color illustrations included. Beautiful exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the first solo exhibition for Kehinde Wiley (b. 1977).  Nigerian-American artist best-known for his portrait of President Obama, Wiley's monumental portraits of Black people combine traditional European imagery and technique with a modern African American sensibility. The exhibition featured ten of his portrait paintings from The World Stage series that focused on pre- and postcolonial West Africa.