This bold, colorful modernist work on paper shows two stylized market women carrying a stacked basin on their heads. The figures are built from cubist-inspired planes of saturated color (cobalt blue, lime green, violet, vermilion, and ochre), each outlined in heavy black against a checkered gray-and-black background. The work is titled "Market Women" in pencil at lower left. It is signed in pencil at lower right "Niyi Ogundele" and inscribed "Osogbo," which places it within the art tradition of that Nigerian city. Osogbo became a center of artistic activity in the 1960s following the founding of the Mbari Mbayo club, and the movement that grew from its workshops, blending European techniques with Yoruba culture, became known as the Osogbo School of Art. The work is presented under glass in a gilt frame with a gold outer mat and black and cream inner mats. It's a vibrant, eye-catching piece of West African modernism; please see photos for condition Framed size: 22" x 28" (frame dimensions).